CONTENT DISPLAY ON MOVING VEHICLES

• US 20140379475A1
• Filed: 06/24/2014
• Published: 12/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ananda Sarangi
• Original Assignee: Ananda Sarangi
• Inventors: Sarangi, Ananda
• Granted Patent: US 9,483,777 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.56
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0266 based on the position of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0273 Determination of fees for advertising
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2007/1895 Licence number plates
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 21/04 by land vehicles

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for displaying content on a vehicle with at least one display device coupled to a frame member and extending to the right or left of the license plate receiving area of the vehicle. Content can be selected and altered as desired, including based on user preferences and/or vehicle location.

Claims

1. A system for displaying content on a vehicle, the system comprising:

a frame member configured to be mounted on the vehicle at or adjacent to a license plate receiving area of the vehicle;

at least one display device coupled to the frame member and extending to the right or left of the license plate receiving area of the vehicle; and

a plurality of mounting members for mounting the frame member to the vehicle at or adjacent to the license plate receiving area.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one display device extends to the right of the license plate receiving area or the left of the license plate receiving area, or has at least two displays that extend, respectively, to the right and the left of the license plate receiving area.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of mounting members secure the frame member to the vehicle such that unauthorized removal of the frame member from the vehicle will damage the system.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one display device comprises a high resolution video display that can display static and dynamic image content.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the system comprises a memory device for receiving and storing content that can be displayed on the at least one display device, the memory device being either integral to the system or removable.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the system comprises a wireless receiver configured to receive content information that can be stored in the memory device.

7. A method for enabling the display of content on a moving vehicle, the method comprising:

providing a plurality of display systems to a plurality of users, each of the display systems having a display device and being mountable, respectively, to a vehicle of each user at or adjacent to a license plate receiving area of the vehicle;

delivering content to the respective display systems for display on the respective display device of those display systems; and

receiving display information about the display of the content delivered to each of the respective display systems and providing a fee to each user based on the received display information.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising receiving an acknowledgement from respective users regarding the conditions under which the fee is provided and the act of providing the fee to respective users is based on fee terms associated with the previously-received acknowledgement.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the content delivered to the respective display systems is user selected.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein before content is delivered to the respective display systems, the method comprises:

receiving registration information at a remote website from each user, and

receiving content selection information from each registered user about the content to be delivered to the user'"'"'s respective display system.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein each user'"'"'s vehicle is linked to the registration information of the user.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the delivered content comprises media files with advertising content and display instructions, the display instructions comprising instructions relating to the manner in which the advertising content is displayed.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the content that is delivered to a respective display systems is selected based on an identified geographic location of the user'"'"'s vehicle.

14. The method of claim 7, wherein the display information comprises information about content that was displayed while the vehicle was moving and content that was displayed while the vehicle was not moving.

15. The method of claim 7, further comprising receiving location-based information from a respective display system and delivering content to the respective display system based on the received location-based information.

16. The method of claim 7, further comprising receiving location-based information from a respective display system to determine whether the vehicle is moving or not and selecting the content that is to be displayed based on that determination.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the display instructions comprise information about the time and duration in which the delivered content is to be displayed.

18. The method of claim 7, wherein the content is delivered directly to the display system to an internal memory device via a secured wireless transmission.

19. The method of claim 7, wherein the content is delivered wirelessly to a removable memory device that is subsequently connected to the display system.

20. A system for displaying content on a vehicle equipped to carry one or more passengers, the system comprising:

a frame member configured to be mounted within the vehicle at a location visible to the one or more passengers;

at least one display device coupled to the frame member; and

a plurality of mounting members for mounting the frame member to the vehicle in a manner that restricts removal of the system from the vehicle.