Systems and methods to deliver information to a member

• US 8,294,551 B1
• Filed: 09/26/2011
• Issued: 10/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: United Services Automobile Association
• Original Assignee: United Services Automobile Association
• Inventors: Oakes, III, Charles L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehmood, Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): RUSHING, MARK S
• Application Number:
  US13/245,583
• Time in Patent Office: 393 Days
• Field of Search: 340/5.82, 340/7.52, 340/286.14, 455/414.1, 455/412.2
• US Class Current: 340/5.82
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0967 Systems involving transmission of highway information, e.g. weather, speed limits transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media deliver a variety of personalized information to a member of an association. In embodiments, information intended for delivery to a member, with or without request by the member, may be delivered via a television transmission, a telematic transmission to a vehicle, or a read-only memory. A password or biometric may be used to authenticate the intended viewer of the delivered information prior to displaying it.

Claims

1. An information delivery system comprising:

a vehicular subsystem that is configured to transmit and receive information;

at least one subsystem that is configured to retrieve personal information from a database upon request from a person via the vehicular subsystem;

at least one subsystem that is configured to broadcast the personal information to the vehicular subsystem;

a security subsystem coupled to the vehicular subsystem and configured to receive a unique input associated with the person and used to authenticate the person who requested the personal information;

a television subsystem that is configured to receive and display the personal information; and

a second security subsystem, coupled to the television subsystem and configured to receive a second unique input used to authenticate the person who requested the personal information.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a control device is configured to transmit a “

speak to an operator”

control signal to a communication server to establish a two-way communication link between the communication server and the vehicular subsystem.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicular subsystem comprises a high-definition display, and wherein the personal information is displayed in a non-interfering area of the display.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a printing subsystem coupled to the vehicular subsystem that is configured to print the personal information.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the personal information comprises at least one of a financial statement, a financial alert, a custom stock ticker, vehicular insurance information, or vehicular registration information.

6. A method to deliver information to a person in a vehicle comprising:

providing a vehicular subsystem that is configured to transmit and receive information;

retrieving personal information from a database upon request from a person via the vehicular subsystem;

broadcasting the personal information to the vehicular subsystem;

receiving a unique input associated with the person via a security subsystem coupled to the vehicular subsystem and used to authenticate the person who requested the personal information;

receiving and displaying the personal information on a television subsystem; and

receiving a second unique input associated with the television subsystem used to authenticate the person who requested the personal information.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

transmitting a “

speak to an operator”

control signal to a communication server; and

establishing a two-way communication link between the communication server and the vehicular subsystem.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the vehicular subsystem comprises a high-definition display, and further comprising:

displaying the personal information in a non-interfering area of the display.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

printing the personal information using a printing subsystem coupled to the vehicular subsystem.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the personal information comprises at least one of a financial statement, a financial alert, a custom stock ticker, vehicular insurance information, or vehicular registration information.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-readable instructions to deliver personal information to a person in a vehicle, said computer-readable instructions comprising instructions for:

providing a vehicular subsystem that is configured to transmit and receive information;

retrieving personal information from a database upon request from a person via the vehicular subsystem;

broadcasting the personal information to be received by the vehicular subsystem;

receiving a unique input associated with the person via a security subsystem coupled to the vehicular subsystem and used to authenticate the person who requested the personal information;

receiving and displaying the personal information on a television subsystem; and

receiving a second unique input associated with the television subsystem used to authenticate the person who requested the personal information.

12. The computer-readable instructions of claim 11, further comprising instructions for:

transmitting a “

speak to an operator”

control signal to a communication server; and

establishing a two-way communication link between the communication server and the vehicular subsystem.

13. The computer-readable instructions of claim 11, wherein the vehicular subsystem comprises a high-definition display, and further comprising instructions for:

displaying the personal information in a non-interfering area of the display.

14. The computer-readable instructions of claim 11, further comprising instructions for:

printing the personal information using a printing subsystem coupled to the vehicular subsystem.

15. The computer-readable instructions of claim 11, wherein the personal information comprises at least one of a financial statement, a financial alert, a custom stock ticker, vehicular insurance information, or vehicular registration information.