Electronic display systems connected to vehicles and vehicle-based systems

• US 10,341,709 B1
• Filed: 11/18/2016
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• 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:
  US15/355,396
• Time in Patent Office: 956 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 processors;

a network interface configured to transmit content to one or more digital roadside displays or other digital displays; and

at least one memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic display system to;

determine that a first vehicle is in proximity of or on-route to the one or more digital roadside displays;

receive driving pattern data for the first vehicle including driving behaviors and driving performance metrics;

determine first digital content for the one or more digital roadside displays or other digital displays, based on the received driving pattern data for the first vehicle;

determine a beginning time and an ending time for displaying the first digital content; and

transmit the first digital content and the beginning time and ending time via the network interface to the one or more digital roadside displays or other digital displays.

2. The electronic display system of claim 1, further including instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic display system to:

receive or calculate a current trip destination of the first vehicle, and

wherein determining the first digital content comprises selecting an advertisement or message for the one or more digital roadside displays or other digital displays, based on the current trip destination of the first vehicle and the driving pattern data for the first vehicle.

3. The electronic display system of claim 1, further including instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic display system to:

receive diagnostic or maintenance data of the first vehicle, and

wherein the first digital content for the one or more digital roadside displays or other digital displays is determined based on the diagnostic or maintenance data of the first vehicle and the driving pattern data for the first vehicle.

4. The electronic display system of claim 1,

wherein receiving the driving pattern data further includes receiving an indication that the first vehicle has engaged in high-risk driving during a driving trip, and

wherein the first digital content for the one or more digital roadside displays or other digital displays is determined based on the indication that the first vehicle has engaged in high-risk driving during the driving trip.

5. The electronic display system of claim 1, wherein determining that the first vehicle is in proximity of or on-route to the one or more digital roadside displays or other digital displays comprises:

receiving a digital short-range communication transmission from the first vehicle indicating at least one of a location, speed, route, or direction of travel of the first vehicle.

6. The electronic display system of claim 1, wherein receiving the driving pattern data of the first vehicle comprises:

receiving the driving pattern data from the first vehicle via a digital short-range communication transmission.

7. The electronic display system of claim 1, wherein determining that a first vehicle is in proximity of or on-route to the one or more digital roadside displays further includes:

determining a location of the first vehicle;

comparing the location of the first vehicle to locations of a plurality of digital roadside displays; and

identifying the one or more digital roadside displays within a proximity of the location of the first vehicle based on the comparison.

8. The electronic display system of claim 7, wherein the location of the first vehicle is determined based on global positioning system data.

9. The electronic display system of claim 1, further including instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic display system to:

receive destination information related to a destination of the first vehicle;

determine a projected route of the first vehicle to the destination;

identify additional roadside displays based on the projected route of the first vehicle; and

display second digital content on at least one of the additional roadside displays.

10. A method, comprising:

determining, by an electronic display system, that a first vehicle is in proximity of or on-route to one or more digital roadside displays;

receive, by the electronic display system, driving pattern data of the first vehicle including driving behaviors and driving performance metrics;

determining, by the electronic display system, first digital content for the one or more digital roadside displays, based on the received driving pattern data of the first vehicle;

determining, by the electronic display system, a beginning time and an ending time for displaying the first digital content; and

transmitting, by the electronic display system, the first digital content and the beginning time and the ending time via a network interface to the one or more digital roadside displays.

11. The method of claim 10, further including:

receiving diagnostic or maintenance data of the first vehicle, and

wherein the first digital content for the one or more digital roadside displays is determined based on the diagnostic or maintenance data of the first vehicle and the driving pattern data of the first vehicle.

12. The method of claim 10,

wherein receiving the driving pattern data comprises receiving an indication that the first vehicle has engaged in high-risk driving during a driving trip, and

wherein the first digital content for the one or more digital roadside displays is determined based on the indication that the first vehicle has engaged in high-risk driving during the driving trip.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein determining that a first vehicle is in proximity of or on-route to the one or more digital roadside displays further includes:

determining a location of the first vehicle;

comparing, by the electronic display system, the location of the first vehicle to locations of a plurality of digital roadside displays; and

identifying, by the electronic display system, the one or more digital roadside displays within a proximity of the location of the first vehicle based on the comparison.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the location of the first vehicle is determined based on global positioning system data.

15. The method of claim 10, further including:

receiving, by the electronic display system, destination information related to a destination of the first vehicle;

determining, by the electronic display system, a projected route of the first vehicle to the destination;

identifying, by the electronic display system, additional roadside displays based on the projected route of the first vehicle; and

displaying second digital content on at least one of the additional roadside displays.

16. 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 is in proximity of or on-route to one or more digital roadside displays;

receive driving pattern data of the first vehicle including driving behaviors and driving performance metrics;

determine first digital content for the one or more digital roadside displays or other digital displays, based on the received driving pattern data of the first vehicle;

determine a beginning time and an ending time for displaying the first digital content; and

transmit the first digital content and the beginning time and the ending time via a network interface to the one or more digital roadside displays.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16,

wherein receiving the driving pattern data of the first vehicle comprises receiving an indication that the first vehicle has engaged in high-risk driving during a driving trip, and

wherein the first digital content for the one or more digital roadside displays is determined based on the indication that the first vehicle has engaged in high-risk driving during the driving trip.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16, wherein determining that a first vehicle is in proximity of or on-route to the one or more digital roadside displays further includes:

determining a location of the first vehicle;

comparing the location of the first vehicle to locations of a plurality of digital roadside displays; and

identifying the one or more digital roadside displays within a proximity of the location of the first vehicle based on the comparison.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 18, wherein the location of the first vehicle is determined based on global positioning system data.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16, further including:

receive destination information related to a destination of the first vehicle;

determine a projected route of the first vehicle to the destination;

identify additional roadside displays based on the projected route of the first vehicle; and

display second digital content on at least one of the additional roadside displays.