Method and system for displaying data

• US 10,049,390 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2017
• Issued: 08/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vibes Media LLC
• Original Assignee: Vibes Media LLC
• Inventors: Campbell, Alexander Gates, Philbin, John Joseph, Benediktson, Samuel Thomas, Zhao, Leon Xiaoliang, Villaruel, Vincent Borreros
• Primary Examiner(s): Huynh, Chuck
• Application Number:
  US15/430,691
• Publication Number:
  US 20170154361A1
• Time in Patent Office: 547 Days
• Field of Search: 455466, 455465, 455408
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/23 Indication means, e.g. displays, alarms, audible means
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A system is disclosing having a portable device, a computer, a network, and a display system. The portable device includes an input means for entering data and a wireless transceiver for transmitting the data and receiving messages. The computer includes an application and a display, the application includes a filter that checks the data against a list of words and indicates on the display if the data contains at least one of the words. The network is operatively connected to the portable device and the computer. The display system is connected to the computer and includes a display screen where the data is automatically displayed on the display screen for a predetermined period of time.

Claims

1. A system for displaying data comprising:

a cellular device having an input for entering text message data and a wireless transceiver for transmitting the text message data, via a short message service, and receiving messages, the text message data comprising an original first message containing at least one prohibited word and an original second message containing at least one non-prohibited word;

a computer comprising an application and a first display screen, the application comprising a filter that checks the text message data against a list comprising said at least one prohibited word and provides an indication on the first display that the text message data contains said at least one prohibited word, wherein text message data containing said at least one prohibited word can be approved for display on a second display screen;

a display system operatively coupled to the computer and comprising the second display screen mounted in a public forum wherein filtered data comprising the original second message is automatically displayed on the second display screen for a predetermined period of time and the original first message is not automatically displayed on the second display screen, wherein an advertisement is displayed on the second display screen with the filtered data comprising the text message data; and

a network operatively connected to the cellular device.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein text messages are prevented from being automatically displayed if they contain one or more words on the list.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein text messages are tagged if they contain one or more words on the list.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the text message data within the original first message is filtered again after the filter checks the text message data.

5. A method comprising the steps of:

receiving, via a short message service, text message data from a cellular device having an input means for entering the text message data and a wireless transceiver for transmitting the text message data and receiving text messages, the text message data comprising an original first message containing at least one prohibited word and an original second message containing at least one non-prohibited word;

filtering the text message data with a computer comprising an application and a first display, the application comprising a filter program that checks the text message data against a list comprising said at least one prohibited word and provides an indication on the first display that the text message data contains said at least one prohibited word, wherein text message data containing said at least one prohibited word can be approved for display on a second display screen;

displaying filtered data comprising the text message data comprising at least one word via a display system connected to the computer, the display system comprising a second display screen mounted in a public forum wherein the original second message is automatically displayed on the second display screen for a predetermined period of time and the original first message is not automatically displayed on the second display screen;

receiving data from a plurality of cellular devices;

filtering the data from each additional device

displaying the filtered data on the second display screen; and

displaying an advertisement on the second display screen with the filtered data.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising the steps of:

transmitting the data from the cellular device to the computer via a network operatively connected to the portable device and the computer.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein the second display screen is a projection screen.

8. The method of claim 5 further comprising the step of preventing a text message from being automatically displayed on the second display screen if one or more words in the text message match at least one or more words on the list.

9. The method of claim 5 further comprising the step of tagging a text message if the message contains a word on the list.

10. The method of claim 5 wherein the text message data within the original first message is filtered again after the step of filtering the text message data.