TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THAT CAN BE USED TO ESTABLISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS WITH THE USE OF A VEHICLE USING THE REGISTRATION PLATE CODE

• US 20150017955A1
• Filed: 01/31/2012
• Published: 01/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Person To Vehicle S.L.
• Original Assignee: Person To Vehicle S.L.
• Inventors: Canto Fuertes, Juan Francisco, Espinar Aecones, Juan Jose, De La Fuente Fernandez, Felipe
• Granted Patent: US 9,357,060 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/625 License plates
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/63 Scene text, e.g. street names
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4535 using an address exchange platform which sets up a session between two nodes, e.g. rendezvous servers, session initiation protocols [SIP] registrars or H.323 gatekeepers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4211 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42229 Personal communication services, i.e. services related to one subscriber independent of his terminal and/or location diverting calls from one subscriber to another subscriber, i.e. two different subscriptions H04M3/54; selecting arrangements in intelligent networks H04Q3/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13095 PIN / Access code, authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13097 Numbering, addressing
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13103 Memory
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13141 Hunting for free outlet, circuit or channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/72 Finding out and indicating number of calling subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters

Abstract

Communication system and method which makes it possible to establish telecommunications with the vehicle user by means of its number plate code, making it possible to establish telecommunications with the vehicle owner by means of their public number and unique identification, thereby linking them to a communication means of their choice (a mobile telephone number, e-mail, web profile or personal analogue communication means), which is hidden from third parties as well as to certain pre-established communication functions (functionality codes), which respond to concrete needs of the users.

Claims

1. Telecommunication system which makes it possible to establish telecommunications with the user of a vehicle via the public code of its number plate, in order to send messages or notifications to at least one vehicle user via the public code of its number plate, amongst other tasks, characterised in that it comprises the following components:

a transmitter device with telecommunication capacity suitable for sending at least one output message comprising the number plate of a vehicle with which communication is desired, plus a pre-determined communication functionality code,

A dedicated algorithm which is generated by a sequence of information which forms said output message from said transmitted device, said message comprising codified by a codification system at least one number plate of a vehicle and a pre-defined communication functionality code,

A codification system for codifying the output message which comprises codified at least one number plate of a vehicle and a pre-defined communication functionality code, in such a way that it generates an algorithm formed by at least one number plate, which identifies a user plus a pre-defined communication function,

At least a database which comprises a set of records and fields, both public and private, linked to vehicles, to the users of the same and to the telecommunication devices of the latter, at least one of these public records being the vehicle number plate and a preferred communication channel being built in, as well as a series of communication functions which have been configured and/or activated by the users,

At least one telecommunications application module or command interpreter built into a server, programmed to provide a consultation service to said database based on the reception or input of said output message, issued from the transmission device, directed to a vehicle user, using the number plate of said vehicle, said server being applied to a previous sending of an output message via a pre-determined communication channel, which responds to the communication function code included in the input message to the server, in such a way that said application module interprets the algorithm and redirects it to the receptor linked to the number plate of the vehicle with which it wishes to communicate and

At least a receptor device with telecommunication capacity, linked to a user and to at least one vehicle, registered in said database, which receives the output message from the server via a preferred pre-determined communication channel.

2. System according to claim 1, characterised in that the devices linked to the users have an application adapted to send automatic responses in relation to the type of message delivered to the receptor and the pre-determined communication function thereof.

3. System according to claim 1, characterised in that the database comprises public data on vehicles and private data on the vehicle owners, each vehicle being registered and identified by means of its public number plate and the private registries being exclusively introduced and managed by the owners.

4. System according to claim 1, characterised in that said codification system comprises methods and means for automating a homogenous sequence which contains the information needed to carry out the desired communication function or message and which is formed giving rise to a message formed, at least, by the vehicle identification registry in the database and the function code of the communication desired to be carried out.

5. System according to claim 1, characterised in that said transmitter device linked to a user is registered in said server, in such a way that the output message from the transmitter coincides with the output message of the server, when the same communicates with various devices.

6. System according to claim 1, characterised in that said telecommunications application module has a built in geo-localisation system, such as a GPS, in order to geolocalise the telecommunication device linked to a vehicle based on said database.

7. System according to claim 1, characterised in that the telecommunications devices registered in the database comprise internal or native applications for establishing communication with other devices.

8. System according to claim 1, characterised in that it comprises an application programming interface (API) which enables users to send, receive, store and recover message data, thereby enabling a user to manage the communication functions he wishes to have active at all times, as well as the way (cannel) of communicating with him, based on a relation matrix between the functions and the channels, in such a way that all functions that generate automatic notifications via a cannel may be activated or deactivated at any time.

16. Method according to claim 6, characterised in that it comprises a search function or search engine for searching for vehicles based on its number plates in said database.

9. Telecommunications method which makes it possible to establish telecommunications with a vehicle user by means of their public number plate code, in order to send notifications or messages to vehicle users, amongst other tasks, via their public number plates, characterised in that it comprises at least the following stages:

Registration as a user in a database of vehicle user entries, which comprises public and private information on users and their vehicles, said registration including at least an identification of a telecommunications device linked to said user and a number of telecommunication preferences,

Codification of an output message linked to the user registered and who wants to communicate with at least one vehicle via the number plate of the same, said message which is including codified at least the number plate of the vehicle with which communication is desired, plus a pre-determined function code,

Sending said output message from a telecommunications device pertaining to the user registered to a telecommunications application module or command interpreter, built into a server programmed to provide a consultation service to said data base based on the receipt in said telecommunications module of said output message of a transmitter device directed to a user,

Consultation by means of said server to the to database of vehicle user records in response to the to said output message transmitted by said registered user, in order to check whether the number plate included in the message and linked to the vehicle with which communication is desired is registered in said database and,

sending by means of a dedicated algorithm an output message from the server codified, the text or format of which corresponds to the pre-determined communication function and which is interpreted by said telecommunications application module, after having verified in the database of vehicle user registers that the vehicle user with whom communication is desired is a registered user in the system and subsequently transmitting the message or notification sent by said registered user to the same, operating as transmitter,

A receptor (user registered in the system) which receives the message, notification or alert sent by the transmitter via the available cannel or channels, selected to this end by that the receptor.

10. Method according to claim 9, characterised in that said output message is composed by at least the following codification:

country code+receptor'"'"'s number plate+pre-defined communication functionality code.

11. Method according to claim 9, characterised in that it employs an application programming interface (API), which enables users to send, receive, store and recover message data, making it possible for a user to manage the communication functions they wish to have active at all times, as well as the way (cannel) of communicating with them, based on a matrix related to the functions and the channels, in such a way that all functions that generate automatic notifications via any channel may be activated or deactivated at any time and where it is possible to choose individual or multiple notification channels.

12. Method according to claim 9, characterised in that said output message from the server is sent to the telecommunications device pertaining to the first user if the number plate of the vehicle with which communication is desired the first user is not registered in the database, notifying them of this circumstance.

13. Method according to claim 9, characterised in that said database is updated and modified in real time with information provided by users registered in the same and in that said database is updated and amended at pre-determined intervals by the system itself.

14. Method according to claim 9, characterised in that the sending of messages between the registered user and the server as well as between the server and a user is carried out by one of the following communication channels or by a combination of various of the same:

text messages, web or internet communications, e-mail, voice communications and/or analogue telephone means, communication via native application pertaining to the server and/or video devices and communications, amongst others.

15. Method according to claim 9, characterised in that sending the output message from the first user is started from a photographic image captured by optical character recognition means (OCR) arranged in the communication device pertaining to the first user. the camera of the device.

17. Method according to claim 9, characterised in that the devices associated to the users have an application adapted implement an internal anti-theft security system or service in the telecommunication method described, by means of applying a communication protocol with the OCR number plate recognition networks, both public and private, in such a way that when said communication function is activated and in an environment in which the system can exchange signals or interact with the various number plate recognition systems with terminals located at various strategic points, a control network or “

grid”

is articulated, by means of which a vehicle listed as stolen cannot drive in theory without its position being detected.

18. Method according to claim 9, characterised in that the devices linked to users have an application adapted to implement a “

surface parking geo-localisation system and method”

in the telecommunications method described, by means of geo-localisation (GPS) system support, which enables users to synchronise application and request communication functions related to parking needs, in such a way that those looking for parking in a specific area of the city can transmit a request signal which may be received and answered by those who are coming out of a place in the same area requested and which indicate as such via the system.

19. Method according to claim 9, characterised in that the devices linked to the users have an application adapted to implement a function for exchanging points of view of different vehicle users, by means of geo-localization, by means of GPS system support and via the cameras of their communication devices or terminals, in such way that a user may select the point of view of another user who has activated and displayed the visualisation function described on an area map and access the image of the environment of this second network user live via the camera signal of the other user, thereby enabling users to have access, amongst other tools, to live visualisation and in remote places of traffic “

states”

, parking, roads, incidents or any other visual information they may be interested in.

20. Method according to claim 9, characterised in that the devices linked to the users have an application adapted to implement an internal vehicle sale system in the telecommunication method described, with an automatic messaging management system, which enables the seller, after having received the message from the transmitter expressing his interest in buying the vehicle, to respond with an automatic reply containing all the data of the offer by way of sale advertisement text and the contact means or data that the user wishes to include, said automatic response message having been previously introduced into the system by the registered user, by means of a template designed to insert automatic response text to the pre-defined communication messages.