Systems and methods to deliver information to a member

• US 8,026,794 B1
• Filed: 10/30/2007
• Issued: 09/27/2011
• 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 Lee
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehmood, Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): RUSHING, MARK S
• Application Number:
  US11/929,228
• Time in Patent Office: 1,428 Days
• Field of Search: 340/5.82, 340/7.52, 340/286.14
• 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. A telematic information delivery system, the system comprising:

at least one subsystem that retrieves information for a person from a database;

at least one subsystem that conveys the information to a wireless communication server, wherein the communication server broadcasts the information;

a vehicular subsystem that receives the broadcast information;

a first security subsystem, coupled to the vehicular subsystem, that receives a first unique input associated with the person, wherein the first unique input authenticates that the person may view the broadcast information;

a vehicular display subsystem, coupled to the first security subsystem, that displays the information;

a television subsystem that receives and displays the broadcast information to the person; and

a second security subsystem, coupled to the television subsystem, that receives a second unique input associated with the person, wherein the second unique input authenticates that the person may view the broadcast information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first unique input comprises at least one of a number or a biometric.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicular subsystem comprises a control device, operable by the person, that conveys control signals to the at least one information-retrieving subsystem.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the control device wirelessly transmits a “

speak to an operator”

control signal to the communication server, and wherein a two-way communication link is subsequently established between the communication server and the vehicular subsystem.

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

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a printing subsystem coupled to the vehicular subsystem that prints the information.

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

8. A method to deliver information to a person in a vehicle, the method comprising:

using at least one information-retrieving subsystem to retrieve information for the person from a database;

conveying the information to a wireless communication server;

transmitting the information from the communication server;

receiving the transmitted information by a vehicular subsystem;

receiving a first unique input, associated with the person, into a security subsystem coupled to the vehicular subsystem, wherein the first unique input authenticates that the person may view the information;

displaying the information to the person on a vehicular display subsystem;

receiving a second unique input, associated with the person, into a security subsystem coupled to a television subsystem, wherein the second unique input authenticates that the person may view the information; and

displaying the information to the person on the television subsystem.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving the first unique input as at least one of a number or a biometric.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

conveying control signals to the at least one information-retrieving subsystem by a control device operable by the person.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

wirelessly transmitting a “

speak to an operator”

control signal to the communication server; and

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

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

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

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

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

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the information comprises at least one of a financial statement, a financial alert, a custom stock ticker, vehicular insurance information, or vehicular registration information.

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

using at least one information-retrieving subsystem to retrieve information for the person from a database;

conveying the information to a wireless communication server;

transmitting the information from the communication server;

receiving the transmitted information by a vehicular subsystem;

receiving a first unique input, associated with the person, into a security subsystem coupled to the vehicular subsystem, wherein the first unique input authenticates that the person may view the information;

displaying the information to the person on a vehicular display subsystem;

receiving a second unique input, associated with the person, into a security subsystem coupled to a television subsystem, wherein the second unique input authenticates that the person may view the information; and

displaying the information to the person on the television subsystem.

16. The computer-readable instructions of claim 15, further comprising instructions for:

receiving the first unique input as at least one of a number or a biometric.

17. The computer-readable instructions of claim 15, further comprising instructions for:

conveying control signals to the at least one information-retrieving subsystem by a control device operable by the person.

18. The computer-readable instructions of claim 15, further comprising instructions for:

wirelessly transmitting a “

speak to an operator”

control signal to the communication server; and

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

19. The computer-readable instructions of claim 15, wherein the vehicular subsystem comprises a high-definition display, and further comprising instructions for:

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

20. The computer-readable instructions of claim 15, further comprising instructions for:

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

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