Electronic display systems connected to vehicles and vehicle-based systems

• US 10,051,306 B1
• Filed: 11/18/2016
• Issued: 08/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate Corporation)
• Inventors: Wasserman, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Swarthout, Brent
• Application Number:
  US15/355,368
• Time in Patent Office: 634 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0265 Vehicular advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/54 of traffic, e.g. cars on the road, trains or boats
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/625 License plates
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0816 Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/09 Arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions railroad crossing signals B61L; reflectors E01F, G08B; indicating arrangements for variable information by selection or combination of individual elements G09F9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/093 Data selection, e.g. prioritizing information, managing message queues, selecting the information to be output
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/095 Traffic lights
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/222 Secondary servers, e.g. proxy server, cable television Head-end provisioning of proxy services in data packet switching networks H04L67/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41415 involving a public display, viewable by several users in a public space outside their home, e.g. movie theatre, information kiosk
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41422 located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4143 embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4586 Content update operation triggered locally, e.g. by comparing the version of software modules in a DVB carousel to the version stored locally deployment, distribution, installation, update of software G06F8/65; error detection or correction of the data by redundancy during software upgrading G06F11/1433; arrangements for updating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/25
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/814 comprising emergency warnings arrangements specially adapted for emergency or urgency in broadcast systems H04H20/59; arrangements for providing alarms, notifications, alerts to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895

Abstract

Electronic digital display systems, including roadside display devices, vehicle-based devices, personal mobile devices, intermediary servers, advertising servers, and/or additional external data sources may operate individually or in combination to identify one or more vehicle locations, driving routes, driver and passenger characteristics, and the like. Vehicle and individual characteristics may be determined based on data received from traffic cameras, vehicle-based devices, personal mobile devices, and/or other data sources. Based on the vehicle characteristics, individual characteristics, driving data and driving patterns, and the like, digital content may be determined for electronic roadside displays to be viewable by the approaching vehicles, and/or other digital display devices to be viewable by associated individuals via other display devices and at other times. Various techniques may be used to determine customized digital content, such as targeted advertisements and/or driving or vehicle safety messages, including retrieval and aggregation of certain characteristics, prioritization of characteristics, and real-time auctions for advertisements. Additionally, certain systems may be interactive to allow user responses and follow-up content via on-board vehicle devices or other user devices.

Claims

1. An electronic display system, comprising:

one or more on-board vehicle computing devices;

one or more digital roadside display devices or other digital display devices; and

an intermediary server comprising one or more processors, and at least one memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the intermediary server to;

determine that a first vehicle associated with a first on-board vehicle computing device is in proximity of or on-route to the one or more digital roadside display devices or other digital display devices;

receive an identifier of the first vehicle;

determine one or more individuals associated with the first vehicle based on the received identifier;

retrieve characteristic data relating to the one or more individuals associated with the first vehicle;

retrieve additional data associated with the one or more individuals associated with the first vehicle, the additional data being retrieved from one or more external data sources;

identify, based on the additional data, a target device;

identify, based on the characteristic data and the additional data, a target time;

determine, based on the characteristic data and the additional data, digital content for display on the target device at the target time;

transmit the determined digital content to the target device; and

display the determined digital content on the target device at the target time.

2. The electronic display system of claim 1, wherein the target device is a mobile computing device associated with the one or more individuals associated with the first vehicle.

3. The electronic display system of claim 1, wherein the target device is one of:

a home computer, television, and vehicle-based display.

4. The electronic display system of claim 1, wherein the identifier of the first vehicle is received via a wireless transmission.

5. The electronic display system of claim 1, wherein the external data sources include data sources storing at least one of:

demographic data, financial data, insurance data, educational data, family data and personal data.

6. The electronic display system of claim 1, wherein retrieving the additional data includes querying the external data sources using the identifier as input.

7. The electronic display system of claim 1, wherein the target time is after an end of a driving trip.

8. A method of determining content for an electronic display system, comprising determining, by an intermediary server, that a first vehicle associated with a first on-board vehicle computing device is in proximity of or on-route to one or more digital roadside display devices or other digital display devices;

receiving, by the intermediary server, an identifier of the first vehicle;

determining, by the intermediary server, one or more individuals associated with the first vehicle based on the received identifier;

retrieving, by the intermediary server, characteristic data relating to the one or more individuals associated with the first vehicle;

retrieving, by the intermediary server, additional data associated with the one or more individuals associated with the first vehicle, the additional data being retrieved from one or more external data sources;

identifying, by the intermediary server and based on the additional data, a target device;

identifying, by the intermediary server and based on the characteristic data and the additional data, a target time;

determining, by the intermediary server and based on the characteristic data and the additional data, digital content for display on the target device at the target time;

transmitting, by the intermediary server, the determined digital content to the target device; and

displaying, by the intermediary server, the determined digital content on the target device at the target time.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the target device is a mobile computing device associated with the one or more individuals associated with the first vehicle.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the target device is one of:

a home computer, television, and vehicle-based display.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the identifier of the first vehicle is received via a wireless transmission.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the external data sources include data sources storing at least one of:

demographic data, financial data, insurance data, educational data, family data and personal data.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein retrieving the additional data includes querying the external data sources using the identifier as input.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the target time is after an end of a driving trip.

15. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause at least one computing device to:

determine that a first vehicle associated with a first on-board vehicle computing device is in proximity of or on-route to one or more digital roadside display devices or other digital display devices;

receive an identifier of the first vehicle;

determine one or more individuals associated with the first vehicle based on the received identifier;

retrieve characteristic data relating to the one or more individuals associated with the first vehicle;

retrieve additional data associated with the one or more individuals associated with the first vehicle, the additional data being retrieved from one or more external data sources;

identify, based on the additional data, a target device;

identify, based on the characteristic data and the additional data, a target time;

determine, based on the characteristic data and the additional data, digital content for display on the target device at the target time;

transmit the determined digital content to the target device; and

display the determined digital content on the target device at the target time.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the target device is a mobile computing device associated with the one or more individuals associated with the first vehicle.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the target device is one of:

a home computer, television, and vehicle-based display.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the external data sources include data sources storing at least one of:

demographic data, financial data, insurance data, educational data, family data and personal data.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein retrieving the additional data includes querying the external data sources using the identifier as input.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the target time is after an end of a driving trip.