US 11,922,807 B1
Vehicle identification system and method
Dereje M. Demisse, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Steve Rose, Roseland, NJ (US)
Assigned to RideShare Displays, Inc., Fairfield, NJ (US)
Filed by RideShare Displays, Inc., Fairfield, NJ (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/812,057.
Application 17/812,057 is a continuation of application No. 17/034,480, filed on Sep. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,386,781.
Application 17/034,480 is a continuation of application No. 16/670,132, filed on Oct. 31, 2019, granted, now 10,789,837.
Application 16/670,132 is a continuation of application No. 16/372,039, filed on Apr. 1, 2019, granted, now 10,467,896, issued on Nov. 5, 2019.
Application 16/372,039 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/910,196, filed on Mar. 2, 2018, granted, now 10,249,184, issued on Apr. 2, 2019.
Application 15/910,196 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/860,939, filed on Jan. 3, 2018, granted, now 10,169,987, issued on Jan. 1, 2019.
Application 15/860,939 is a continuation of application No. 14/723,049, filed on May 27, 2015, granted, now 9,892,637, issued on Feb. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/004,753, filed on May 29, 2014.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08G 1/017 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/017 (2013.01) 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. The computer-implemented method for a ride share service controller, comprising the steps of:
receiving from a mobile communication device a signal indicative of a ride request for a user;
identifying a mobile communication device associated with a vehicle selected for responding to the request;
generating an identifier unique for the ride request, said identifier being unique for (a) a geographic region inclusive of the pickup location relative to identifiers generated for ride requests of other riders with pickup locations within the geographic region, and (b) for a period of time within a geographic region of a pickup location and period of time;
displaying an ad on one or more displays visible from an exterior of the vehicle;
transmitting a first signal representing the unique identifier indicator to the mobile communication device associated with the vehicle for displaying the indicator on the one or more displays visible from an exterior of the vehicle;
transmitting a second signal representing the unique identifier indicator to the mobile communication device associated with the user;
determining a current location of the vehicle; and
transmitting a third signal to the mobile communication device associated with the vehicle, wherein the third signal comprises an ad signal for displaying an ad by the one or more displays visible from an exterior of the vehicle.