Systems and methods to deliver information to a member

• US 9,386,002 B1
• Filed: 06/23/2014
• Issued: 07/05/2016
• 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): Rushing, Mark
• Application Number:
  US14/312,030
• Time in Patent Office: 743 Days
• Field of Search: 340/5.82, 340/7.52, 340/286.14, 340/12.26
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 computer-implemented method for delivering information comprising:

receiving, by an information server, from a first subsystem of a user a first request for information stored in a database;

transmitting, by the information server, the information satisfying the first request to the first subsystem via a first communication apparatus;

permitting, by the information server, a first display of the first subsystem to display the transmitted information satisfying the first request in response to receiving a first authentication input associated with the first subsystem authenticating the user;

receiving, by the information server, from a second subsystem of the user a second request for information stored in the database;

transmitting, by the information server, the information satisfying the second request to the second subsystem via a second communication apparatus;

permitting, by the information server, a second display of the second subsystem to display the transmitted information satisfying the second request responsive to receiving a second authentication input associated with the second subsystem authenticating the user.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising updating, by the information server, the database using new information in response to receiving the new information from one or more data sources.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising broadcasting, by the information server, an alert to one or more subsystems of the user upon updating the database.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein broadcasting the alert in response to updating the database further comprises:

determining, by the information server, whether the new information received from the one or more data sources satisfies a notification selection inputted by the user.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving the first authentication input associated with the first subsystem further comprises:

determining, by the information server, whether the first authentication input matches credentials of the user stored in a first security subsystem associated with the first subsystem.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving the second authentication input associated with the second subsystem further comprises:

determining, by the information server, whether the second authentication input matches credentials of the user stored in a second security subsystem associated with the second subsystem.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first subsystem is selected from the group consisting of:

a television subsystem, a computer subsystem, a telecommunications subsystem, a vehicular subsystem, a cellular subsystem, and a satellite subsystem.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second subsystem is selected from the group consisting of:

a television subsystem, a computer subsystem, a telecommunications subsystem, a vehicular subsystem, a cellular subsystem, and a satellite subsystem.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising

determining, by the information server, a format for displaying requested information on a display of a subsystem to receive the requested information;

and

formatting, by the information server, the requested information in accordance with the format for the display.

10. An information delivery system comprising:

a database comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing information received from one or more data sources;

the information server comprising a processor configured for;

retrieving from the database information satisfying a first request received from a first subsystem, delivering the information satisfying the first request to a first subsystem via a first communication apparatus, and

retrieving from the database information satisfying a second request received from a second subsystem, and delivering the information satisfying the second request to a second subsystem via a second communication apparatus;

a first security subsystem associated with the first subsystem and authenticating a first authentication input received from the user, wherein the information server permits a first display of the first subsystem to display the information satisfying the first request upon the authenticating the user; and

a second security subsystem associated with the second subsystem and authenticating a second authentication input received from the user, wherein the information server permits the second display to display the information of the second request upon the second security subsystem authenticating the user.

11. The system according to claim 10, further comprising a biometric device coupled to one or more security subsystems, wherein one or more authentication inputs comprises a biometric measurement associated with the biometric device.

12. The system according to claim 10, wherein the information server updates the database with new information upon receiving the new information from a data source.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the information server automatically broadcasts an alert regarding the new information to one or more subsystems of the user upon updating the database.

14. The system according to claim 13,

wherein the database stores one or more notification settings indicating information in the database to trigger the alert, and

wherein the information server determines whether the information stored in the database satisfies a notification setting triggering the alert.

15. The system according to claim 10, wherein the information server formats requested information retrieved from the database based on a display of a subsystem to receive the requested information.

16. The system according to claim 10, wherein at least one subsystem of the one or more subsystems is selected from the group consisting of:

a television subsystem, a computer subsystem, a telephone, a vehicular subsystem.

17. The system according to claim 10, wherein the first subsystem is a vehicular subsystem communicating with the information server via a telematics server, and wherein the first display is an interactive touch screen of the vehicular subsystem displaying the information satisfying the first request and presenting an interface to the user for interacting with the information server.

18. The system according to claim 10, wherein the second subsystem is a television subsystem communicating with the information server via a TV server, and wherein the second display is a television of the television subsystem displaying the information satisfying the second request.

19. The system according to claim 18, wherein the TV server provides the information to the television subsystem via a television station presenting an interface for interacting with the information server.