Accessibility-layered communication service using lighthouse

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10062246-B2
Application number	US-201715789474-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 20, 2017
Priority date	Aug 10, 2016
Publication date	Aug 28, 2018
Grant date	Aug 28, 2018

Abstract

Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: providing social media feed cognizant lighthouse display service for communicating to spectators, information in regard to social response to an event, the lighthouse display service by use of a lighthouse structure further including a private display for subscribed data for an accessibility-layered communication service as encoded with a private key to make inaccessible to the spectators but to be decoded on a user device with the private key.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer implemented method for providing an accessibility-layered communication service, comprising:
obtaining, by one or more processor of a lighthouse server, social media input and event input, respectively associated with an event;
adjusting a time zone associated with the social media input based on ascertaining that the social media input is not synchronized with a progression of the event;
creating a display control message comprising a public display for a lighthouse structure, the public display resulting from tuning the obtained social media input and the event input as configured for the public display of the event, the public display being intended for spectators, wherein the lighthouse structure broadcasts the public display based on the display control message; and
sending the display control message to the lighthouse structure such that a layer of information represented by the public display is delivered to the spectators, wherein the lighthouse structure is equipped with a plurality of visual display equipment for the public display and a signal transmitter for a private display of another display control message, the visual display equipment selected from a screen, a light board, a strobe, a sparkle lighting, and combinations thereof, and wherein the lighthouse structure simultaneously broadcasts the public display and the private display.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by another processor of a display controller for the lighthouse structure, the display control message responsive to the sending; and
broadcasting the public display based on a public display configuration customized for the lighthouse structure.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the event is a public safety event, the public display alerts the event in a visible spectrum for the spectators, and wherein the event is a matter of popular interest, the public display relays the latest updates on the event for the spectators.

4. A computer implemented method for providing an accessibility-layered communication service, comprising:
obtaining, by one or more processor of a lighthouse server, social media input and event input, respectively associated with an event;
adjusting a time zone associated with the social media input based on ascertaining that the social media input is not synchronized with a progression of the event;
creating a display control message comprising a private display for a lighthouse structure, the private display resulting from spectrographically encoding subscribed data for the accessibility-layered communication service by use of a private key, as configured for the private display of the subscribed data, the private display being intended for a user and being inaccessible to the spectators, wherein the lighthouse structure broadcasts the private display based on the display control message; and
sending the display control message to the lighthouse structure such that a layer of information conveyed by the private display is delivered to the user, wherein the lighthouse structure is equipped with a signal transmitter for the private display and a plurality of visual display equipment for a public display of another display control message, and wherein the lighthouse structure simultaneously broadcasts the public display and the private display.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the subscribed data for the accessibility-layered communication service configured for the private display may be selected from a message to the user, cognitive navigation data for the user recommending destinations/routes well accepted by other users having the same personality type as the user, subscribed event details from the event input, and combinations thereof.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 4 , further comprising:
receiving, by another processor of a display controller for the lighthouse structure, the display control message responsive to the sending; and
broadcasting the private display based on a private display configuration customized for the lighthouse structure.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 4 , further comprising:
accepting, by a processor of a user device for the user, the private key responsive to pushing the private key to the user device by the lighthouse server;
acquiring the private display responsive to broadcasting of the private display by the lighthouse structure; and
decoding the private display by use of the private key such that the private display is made accessible for the user.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 7 , wherein the user device may be an eyewear type wearable device through which the user looks at the lighthouse structure in order to see the private display in a hyperspectral bandwidth that is not visible without the user device, a set of a receiver and a screen, wherein the receiver captures hyperspectral images of the private display and exhibits the private display as decoded in visible bandwidths for the user, and combinations thereof.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the event is a public interest event, the lighthouse broadcasts, as well as the private display, a public display alerts the event in a visible spectrum for everyone including users, the users may include first responders and/or law enforcement personnel, and the private display informs details of the event to the users that may include a location of the event, a physical description of a person of interest, and combinations thereof.

10. A computer program product comprising:
a non-transitory computer storage medium readable by one or more processor and storing instructions for execution by the one or more processor for performing a method for providing an accessibility-layered communication service, comprising:
obtaining, by a lighthouse server, social media input and event input, respectively associated with an event;
adjusting a time zone associated with the social media input based on ascertaining that the social media input is not synchronized with a progression of the event;
creating a display control message comprising a private display for a lighthouse structure, the private display resulting from spectrographically encoding subscribed data for the accessibility-layered communication service by use of a private key, as configured for the private display of the subscribed data, the private display being intended for a user and being inaccessible to the spectators, wherein the lighthouse structure broadcasts the private display based on the display control message; and
sending the display control message to the lighthouse structure such that a layer of information conveyed by the private display is delivered to the user, wherein the lighthouse structure is equipped with a signal transmitter for the private display and a plurality of visual display equipment for a public display of another display control message, and wherein the lighthouse structure simultaneously broadcasts the public display and the private display.

11. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the subscribed data for the accessibility-layered communication service configured for the private display may be selected from a message to the user, cognitive navigation data for the user recommending destinations/routes well accepted by other users having the same personality type as the user, subscribed event details from the event input, and combinations thereof.

12. The computer program product of claim 10 , further comprising:
receiving, by another processor of a display controller for the lighthouse structure, the display

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Baughman Aaron Keith
• McCrory Nicholas Albert
• Provan David
• Welcks Michelle

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• H04L63/065

  for group communications (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key management involving conference or group key H04L9/0833) · CPC title

• H04L63/062

  for key distribution, e.g. centrally by trusted party (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving a central third party H04L9/0819) · CPC title

• G08B5/36 Primary

  using visible light sources · CPC title

• H04L51/32

  Electricity · mapped topic