Vehicle information display and management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9940089-B2
Application number	US-201615252446-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 31, 2016
Priority date	Aug 31, 2016
Publication date	Apr 10, 2018
Grant date	Apr 10, 2018

Abstract

Approaches presented herein include an electronic, programmable vehicle window display device and a method of managing the same. Specifically, an electronic, programmable vehicle window display device is provided for displaying a registration or other vehicle information in a window of a vehicle. The device displays a vehicle information document having an expiration date. The device, at pre-specified times, queries a vehicle database for an updated version of the document having a later expiration date. If an updated document is found, the device retrieves the updated document and saves the updated document in a storage area of the device. The device then modifies the display to show the updated document.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of managing a programmable vehicle window display device, the method comprising:
scheduling a display rotation of a plurality of documents stored on the programmable vehicle window display device based on a location schedule associated with a vehicle displaying the programmable vehicle window display device, the plurality of documents comprising at least a first type of document and a second type of document, wherein display of the second type of document is necessary for access to a location of the location schedule;
displaying, according to the scheduled display rotation, a first vehicle information document of the first type of document of the plurality of documents on a display of the programmable vehicle window display device, the first vehicle information document having a first validity end date;
querying a vehicle information database for a second vehicle information document of the first type of document having a second validity end date subsequent to the first validity end date;
retrieving, responsive to the second validity end date being subsequent to the first validity end date, the second vehicle information document;
saving the second vehicle information document in a storage area of the programmable vehicle window display device;
replacing the first vehicle information document of the first type of document of the plurality of documents with the second document in the scheduled display rotation;
displaying the second vehicle information document on the display according to the scheduled display rotation;
verifying, periodically, the second document with the vehicle information database;
invalidating the second document in the case of a verification failure; and
displaying, responsive to the invalidation, an invalidation indicator on the display.

2. The method of claim 1 , the querying further comprising submitting a query to the vehicle information database at a preset interval, the query comprising a vehicle identifier and the first validity end date.

3. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising displaying a notification on the display within a threshold time period prior to the first validity end date.

4. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:
receiving a third vehicle information document;
saving the third vehicle information document in the storage area of the programmable vehicle window display device;
displaying on the display, daily at a first time period, the third vehicle information document; and
displaying on the display, daily at a second time period, the second vehicle information document.

5. The method of claim 1 , the second information document being generated in response to a renewal of a permission granted by the first information document.

6. The method of claim 5 , the first information document and the second information document being a same type of document, and the type of document being selected from the group consisting of: a registration document, a parking document, and an access document.

7. The method of claim 1 , the display having a flexible screen and the programmable vehicle window display device having a mechanism for attachment to a vehicle window.

8. The method of claim 7 , the programmable vehicle window display device having a mechanism to electronically invalidate the programmable vehicle window display device in the event of removal of the programmable vehicle window display device from a vehicle window.

9. A computer system for managing a programmable vehicle window display device, the computer system comprising:
the programmable vehicle window display device, comprising:
a memory medium comprising program instructions;
a bus coupled to the memory medium; and
a processor for executing the program instructions comprising a vehicle window display engine, the instructions causing the system to:
scheduling a display rotation of a plurality of documents stored on the programmable vehicle window display device based on a location schedule associated with a vehicle displaying the programmable vehicle window display device, the plurality of documents comprising at least a first type of document and a second type of document, wherein display of the second type of document is necessary for access to a location of the location schedule;
display, according to the scheduled display rotation, a first vehicle information document of the first type of document of the plurality of documents on a display of the programmable vehicle window display device, the first vehicle information document having a first validity end date;
query a vehicle information database for a second vehicle information document of the first type of document having a second validity end date subsequent to the first validity end date;
retrieve, responsive to the second validity end date being subsequent to the first validity end date, the second vehicle information document;
save the second vehicle information document in a storage area of the programmable vehicle window display device;
replace the first vehicle information document of the first type of document of the plurality of documents with the second document in the scheduled display rotation;
display the second vehicle information document on the display according to the scheduled display rotation;
verify, periodically, the second document with the vehicle information database;
invalidate the second document in the case of a verification failure; and
display, responsive to the invalidation, an invalidation indicator on the display.

10. The computer system of claim 9 , the instructions further causing the system to submit a query to the vehicle information database at a preset interval, the query comprising a vehicle identifier and the first validity end date.

11. The computer system of claim 9 , the instructions further causing the system to display a notification on the display within a threshold time period prior to the first validity end date.

12. The computer system of claim 9 , the instructions further causing the system to:
receive a third vehicle information document;
save the third vehicle information document in the storage area of the programmable vehicle window display device;
display on the display, daily at a first time period, the third vehicle information document; and
displaying on the display, daily at a second time period, the second vehicle information document.

13. The computer system of claim 9 , the second information document being generated in response to a renewal of a permission granted by the first information document.

14. The computer system of claim 13 , the first information document and the second information document being a same type of document, and the type of document being selected from the group consisting of: a registration document, a parking document, and an access document.

15. The computer system of claim 9 , the display having a flexible screen and the programmable vehicle window display device having a mechanism for attachment to a vehicle window.

16. The computer system of claim 15 , the programmable vehicle window display device having a mechanism to electronically invalidate the programmable vehicle window display device in the event of removal of the programmable vehicle window display device from a vehicle window.

17. A computer program product for managing a programmable vehicle window display device, the computer program product comprising a computer readable hardware storage device, and program instructions stored on the computer readable hardware storage

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Bender Michael
• Borse Santosh S
• Walker Keith R

Classifications

• G06F16/9537

  Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries · CPC title

• G06Q30/018

  Certifying business or products · CPC title

• G06F16/9038

  Presentation of query results · CPC title

• G06F3/147 Primary

  using display panels · CPC title

• G09G2380/02

  Flexible displays · CPC title