INTERACTIVE INFORMATION DISPLAY

• US 20130131971A1
• Filed: 11/16/2012
• Published: 05/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Board (Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Inc)
• Original Assignee: Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Board (Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Inc)
• Inventors: Parrish, John, Tuggle, Kelly, Shelton, Jason, Latzel, Michael, Stauty, Jason
• Granted Patent: US 9,161,174 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/408
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0639 Item locations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/30 Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes

Abstract

A method, system and computer readable medium are capable of identifying information to display. The method includes identifying a location of a display device. The method includes identifying, in response to a user input, places within a predetermined distance of the location of the display device. The method includes identifying current information about items or services available at the identified places. The method includes displaying, on the display device, the current information about the items or services available at the identified places within the predetermined distance of the display device.

Claims

1. A method for identifying information to display, the method comprising:

identifying a location of a display device;

identifying, in response to a user input to the display device, places within a predetermined distance of the location of the display device;

identifying current information about items or services available from the identified places; and

displaying, on the display device, the current information about the items or services available at the identified places within the predetermined distance of the display device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined distance is an estimated distance that a person can walk to within a predetermined period of time.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

processing information for a purchase transaction in response to receiving a request to order an item from a place associated with the current information displayed on the display device; and

identifying a delivery destination for the item.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the delivery destination is identified from a group of delivery destinations including the location of the display device, a location of a mobile device of a purchaser of the item at a time of delivery, and a travel departure location waiting area.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the display device is a display for a mobile device and wherein identifying the location of the display device comprises:

receiving an input from a user in response to a request to identify the location of the mobile device; and

identifying the location of the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising receiving and displaying a notification of travel related information based on the location of the mobile device and a travel itinerary of the user.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a user input in response to a request to identify a location of a mobile device of the user;

identifying a current location of the user;

identifying a desired destination location of the user; and

displaying status information about progress of the user towards the desired destination location on the display device in response to identifying that mobile device of the user is within a viewable distance from the display device, wherein the display device is a stationary display device.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the status information is selected from a group of types of status information including directions to desired destination location, an estimated amount of time for the user to arrive at the desired destination location, and an indication of whether the user is headed a correct direction to reach the desired destination location.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein identifying the desired destination location of the user comprises identifying the desired destination from one of a scanned passenger ticket or stored user profile information.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the desired destination location is a gate in an airport and wherein the stationary display device is a display for an information kiosk.

11. A system configured to identify information to display, the system comprising:

a processor configured to;

identify a location of a display device;

identify, in response to a user input to the display device, places within a predetermined distance of the location of the display device; and

identify current information about items or services available from the identified places; and

the display device configured to display the current information about the items or services available at the identified places within the predetermined distance of the display device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the predetermined distance is an estimated distance that a person can walk to within a predetermined period of time.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

process information for a purchase transaction in response to receiving a request to order an item from a place associated with the current information displayed on the display device; and

identify a delivery destination for the item.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the delivery destination is identified from a group of delivery destinations including the location of the display device, a location of a mobile device of a purchaser of the item at a time of delivery, and a travel departure location waiting area.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the system is located in a mobile device and wherein to identify the location of the display device the processor is configured to:

receive an input from a user in response to a request to identify the location of the mobile device; and

identify the location of the mobile device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the display device is configured to display a notification of travel related information based on the location of the mobile device and a travel itinerary of the user.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a user input in response to a request to identify a location of a mobile device of the user;

identify a current location of the user; and

identify a desired destination location of the user,

wherein the display device is configured to display status information about progress of the user towards the desired destination location on the display device in response to identifying that mobile device of the user is within a viewable distance from the display device, wherein the display device is a stationary display device.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the status information is selected from a group of types of status information including directions to desired destination location, an estimated amount of time for the user to arrive at the desired destination location, and an indication of whether the user is headed a correct direction to reach the desired destination location.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium of embodying a computer program for identifying information to display, the computer program comprising computer-readable program code for:

identifying a location of a display device;

identifying, in response to a user input to the display device, places within a predetermined distance of the location of the display device;

identifying current information about items or services available from the identified places; and

generating, for display on the display device, the current information about the items or services available at the identified places within the predetermined distance of the display device.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the predetermined distance is an estimated distance that a person can walk to within a predetermined period of time.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 further comprising program code for:

processing information for a purchase transaction in response to receiving a request to order an item from a place associated with the current information displayed on the display device; and

identifying a delivery destination for the item.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the delivery destination is identified from a group of delivery destinations including the location of the display device, a location of a mobile device of a purchaser of the item at a time of delivery, and a travel departure location waiting area.

23. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 further comprising program code for:

receiving a user input in response to a request to identify a location of a mobile device of the user;

identifying a current location of the user;

identifying a desired destination location of the user; and

generating a display of status information about progress of the user towards the desired destination location on the display device in response to identifying that mobile device of the user is within a viewable distance from the display device, wherein the display device is a stationary display device.

24. The computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the status information is selected from a group of types of status information including directions to desired destination location, an estimated amount of time for the user to arrive at the desired destination location, and an indication of whether the user is headed a correct direction to reach the desired destination location.