Protecting privacy with secure digital signage in vehicle registration plates
First Claim
1. A system with an electronic vehicle registration plate for protecting privacy with secure digital signage, the electronic vehicle registration plate configured to attach to a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a data store configured to store simultaneously thereon a plurality of unused registration plate numbers that are predetermined and assigned to the vehicle for one specific owner when the vehicle is registered;
a data access module that provides privacy protection by repeatedly changing an active registration plate number, wherein the data access module is configured to access the data store and retrieve a new unused registration plate number from the plurality of unused registration plate numbers from the data store; and
a display module configured to present the new unused registration plate number on the electronic vehicle registration plate as the active registration plate number.
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Abstract
Various systems and methods for protecting privacy with secure digital signage in vehicle registration plates are described herein. A system with an electronic registration plate for protecting privacy with secure digital signage, the electronic registration plate attached to a vehicle, the system may include a data access module to: access, a data store of registration numbers, the data store including a plurality of unique registration plate numbers and assigned to the vehicle; and retrieve a registration plate number from the data store; and a display module to present the registration plate number on the electronic registration plate.
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25 Claims
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1. A system with an electronic vehicle registration plate for protecting privacy with secure digital signage, the electronic vehicle registration plate configured to attach to a vehicle, the system comprising:
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a data store configured to store simultaneously thereon a plurality of unused registration plate numbers that are predetermined and assigned to the vehicle for one specific owner when the vehicle is registered; a data access module that provides privacy protection by repeatedly changing an active registration plate number, wherein the data access module is configured to access the data store and retrieve a new unused registration plate number from the plurality of unused registration plate numbers from the data store; and a display module configured to present the new unused registration plate number on the electronic vehicle registration plate as the active registration plate number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of protecting privacy with secure digital signage, the method comprising:
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storing, in a data store, simultaneously a plurality of unused registration plate numbers that are predetermined and assigned to a vehicle for one specific owner when the vehicle is registered; accessing the data store by an electronic vehicle registration plate attached to the vehicle; retrieving a new unused registration plate number from the plurality of unused registration plate numbers from the data store; presenting the new unused registration plate number on the electronic vehicle registration plate as an active registration plate number; and repeating the accessing, retrieving, and presenting steps multiple times to provide privacy protection by repeatedly changing the registration plate number shown by the electronic registration plate. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. At least one non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions for protecting privacy with secure digital signage, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
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store, in a data store, simultaneously a plurality of unused registration plate numbers that are predetermined and assigned to a vehicle for one specific owner when the vehicle is registered; access the data store by an electronic vehicle registration plate attached to the vehicle; retrieve a new unused registration plate number from the plurality of unused registration plate numbers from the data store; present the new unused registration plate number on the electronic vehicle registration plate as an active registration plate number; and repeating the accessing, retrieving, and presenting steps multiple times to provide privacy protection by repeatedly changing the registration plate number shown by the electronic registration plate. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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