SYMBOL VERIFICATION FOR AN INTELLIGENT LABEL DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method for determining a visible-message on an intelligent display device, comprising:
- providing a message display;
receiving a write-message to be displayed on the message display;
writing the write-message to the message display according to rules defined by a certification authority;
determining, after the message has been written to the message display, the visible message; and
communicating the visible message to a certification authority.
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Abstract
Briefly, a method for verifying the visual perceptibility of a display is provided. An intended message is written to a bistable display. Pixels that comprise portions of the message are measured and evaluated to determine if the message actually displayed on the bistable display was perceptible by a human or a machine. In some cases, information regarding the message actually perceivable from the display may be stored for later use. Responsive to determining that a message is perceivable or not perceivable, alarms may be set, one or more third parties notified, or additional display features may be set.
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74 Claims
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1. A method for determining a visible-message on an intelligent display device, comprising:
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providing a message display; receiving a write-message to be displayed on the message display; writing the write-message to the message display according to rules defined by a certification authority; determining, after the message has been written to the message display, the visible message; and communicating the visible message to a certification authority. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 43, 44, 45, 46, 50, 51)
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16. A method for verifying a commercial transaction;
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providing to a message authority write-information regarding what an intelligent display device should set as a write-message on the message display; receiving visible-message information from a certification authority regarding visible information from one or more intelligent display devices at a particular time or during a particular visible-message period; comparing the write-message to the visible-message; and wherein the visible-message is collected from a message display on the intelligent display device without regard to the write-message. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method for determining a visible-message during a visible-message-period on an intelligent display device, comprising;
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determining, just after a write-message has been written to a message display, a first visible-message on the display; determining, at a later time, a second visible-message on the message display comparing an intended write-message to the first and second visible-messages to determine if the intended write-message was displayed for the visible-message-period between the times the first and second visible-messages were determined - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An intelligent display device, comprising:
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a message display; certification circuitry setting operational rules; communication circuitry; write circuitry coupled to the message display for writing a write-message to the message display, the write circuitry operating responsive to a message authority, the message authority operating according to the rules; determination-circuitry coupled to the message display constructed to generate a determined-message that reflects the visible-message presented on the display; a power source; and wherein the determination circuitry, operating in accord with the rules, generates the determined-message. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 47, 48, 49, 56)
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52. An intelligent display device, comprising:
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a message display; communication circuitry; write-circuitry coupled to the message display for writing a write-message to the message display; determination-circuitry coupled to the message display constructed to generate a determined-message that reflects the visible-message presented on the display; optical detectors coupled to the determination circuitry for determining optically sensed pixels of the message display, the optical detectors also constructed to act as photovoltaic power source; a power source getting at least some of its power from the photovoltaic power source. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 68)
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59. A method for determining visible-messages from a plurality of intelligent display devices, comprising;
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receiving a set of write-messages for the plurality of specifically identified intelligent display devices; receiving a set of visible-messages from at least some of the plurality of intelligent display devices, each visible-message having been collected from one of the intelligent display devices without regard to any write-message; and comparing, for each respective intelligent display device, its respective write-message to its respective visible-message. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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69. A method for implementing a commercial transaction;
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identifying a time or time period for a historical transaction or event related to an intelligent display device; requesting, from a certification authority, the visible-message on the intelligent label device corresponding to the time or the time period; and receiving information regarding the visible-message from the certification authority. - View Dependent Claims (70, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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