Vehicle-to-vehicle visual messaging system and method
First Claim
1. A two-way, reciprocal, instant visual messaging system comprising a mobile electronic command terminal and at least one mobile, external, electronic display in communication with the command terminal, the command terminal configured to enable the creation and sending of variable messages to the display(s), where the command terminal and display(s) do not require a shared network with other command terminals or their associated display(s) to communicate.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a two-way, reciprocal, instant visual messaging system comprising a portable electronic command terminal and at least one portable, external, electronic display in communication with the command terminal, the command terminal configured to enable the creation and sending of variable messages to the display(s), where the command terminal and display(s) do not require a shared network with other command terminals or their associated display(s).
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95 Claims
- 1. A two-way, reciprocal, instant visual messaging system comprising a mobile electronic command terminal and at least one mobile, external, electronic display in communication with the command terminal, the command terminal configured to enable the creation and sending of variable messages to the display(s), where the command terminal and display(s) do not require a shared network with other command terminals or their associated display(s) to communicate.
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22. A system for enabling live, instant, spontaneous, context-driven, interactive, mutual, reciprocal, dynamic, programmable, two-way, variable visual message communications among persons in different vehicles, comprising:
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an electronic command terminal suitable for use by a person in a vehicle, the command terminal suitable for attachment to a vehicle, the command terminal configured to enable the creation, editing, storing and sending of variable messages, the command terminal further not requiring a shared network with other command terminals or their associated display(s) to communicate; and
at least one external electronic display in communication with the command terminal, the display(s) suitable for attachment to a vehicle and configured to receive messages sent via the command terminal and to display the messages to be visible by other potential visual messaging interlocutor(s). - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method for two-way, reciprocal, instant visual messaging, comprising:
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(a) providing a first mobile electronic command terminal to a first person and at least one first mobile electronic visual display in communication with the first command terminal;
(b) providing a second mobile electronic command terminal to a second person and at least one second mobile electronic visual display in communication with the second command terminal;
(c) creating a first message on the first command terminal and instantly, at the user'"'"'s option, sending the first message to the first display(s), the first display(s) arranged to be visible by the second person; and
(d) creating a second message on the second command terminal in response to the first message and instantly, at the user'"'"'s option, sending the second message to the second display(s), the second display(s) arranged to be visible by the first person. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. A method for communicating live, instant, spontaneous, context-driven, interactive, mutual, reciprocal, dynamic, programmable, two-way, variable visual messages among persons in different vehicles, comprising:
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(a) providing a first electronic command terminal and at least one first electronic display in the first vehicle, the first command terminal associated with and in communication with the first display(s);
(b) providing a second electronic command terminal and at least one second electronic display in the second vehicle, the second command terminal associated with and in communication with the second display(s);
(c) creating a first message on the first command terminal and instantly, at the user'"'"'s option, sending the first message to the first display(s), the first display(s) configured to display the first message outside the first vehicle to be visible by the second vehicle;
(d) creating a second message on the second command terminal in response to the first message and instantly, at the user'"'"'s option, sending the second message to the second display(s), the second display(s) configured visually to display the second message outside the second vehicle to be visible by the first vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94)
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95. A method for enabling a microprocessor-based, instant, visual message creation and display system, operating under software control, to perform the following steps:
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(a) enabling a user to compose variable messages using an input facility to receive inputted message units via a command terminal;
(b) displaying the inputted message units on a screen at the command terminal as soon as each message unit is inputted;
(c) enabling the command terminal to send the inputted message units to one or more external display(s) at the user'"'"'s option, after the user has composed a message, for external display of visible message units corresponding to the inputted message units;
(d) enabling the command terminal, at the user'"'"'s option, instantly to send the inputted message units to the external display(s) as soon as each message unit is inputted;
(e) enabling the command terminal to store, at the user'"'"'s option, one or more messages in at least one memory after the user has composed a message;
(f) enabling the command terminal to recall and send to the external display(s), at the user'"'"'s option, one or more previously-stored messages using a programmable “
onestep”
facility;
(g) enabling the command terminal to send messages for display in a mirrored/reversed format, such that the message is readable in normal fashion by viewing it in a mirror;
(h) enabling the command terminal to control at least one individually selectable display(s), each display(s) able to be designated and non-designated to receive messages at a user'"'"'s option;
(i) enabling the display(s) by means of the command terminal to display simultaneously the same, a different, or no message, on every display, in every combination, at a user'"'"'s option; and
(j) enabling the user to edit messages via the command terminal.
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Specification