IP Library Granted Patent US 9,671,994
Granted Patent B2
US 9,671,994 · App. 15/099,097 · Granted Jun 6, 2017

Didactic information portal system

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Patent No.
US 9,671,994
App. No.
15/099,097
Granted
Jun 6, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of updating a didactic information display includes providing information for display on a number of interactive information devices. The method includes receiving and aggregating data related to interactions from users of the number interactive information devices. The data includes a location and a timestamp associated with each of the interactions. Each of the interactions is related to a subset of the information displayed on one of the number of interactive information devices. The method includes determining a most relevant subset of the information for a plurality of sets of parameters and determining a current set of parameters from the plurality of sets of parameters. The method includes communicating a command to a passive display device located remotely from the number of interactive information devices. The command may cause the passive display device to display the most relevant subset of the information based on the current set of parameters.

Claims (55)

1. A method of updating a didactic information display, the method comprising:

providing information for display on a number of interactive information devices;

receiving and aggregating data related to interactions from users of the number interactive information devices, the data comprising a location and a timestamp associated with each of the interactions, wherein each of the interactions is related to a subset of the information displayed on one of the number of interactive information devices;

determining a most relevant subset of the information for a plurality of sets of parameters;

determining a current set of parameters from the plurality of sets of parameters, wherein determining the current set of parameters comprises determining that a current time is within a predetermined time threshold of a departure time of a transit vehicle; and

communicating a command to a passive display device located remotely from the number of interactive information devices, the command causing the passive display device to display the most relevant subset of the information based on the current set of parameters, wherein the command causes the passive display device to display a timetable of transit vehicle departures in response to the determination that the current time is within the predetermined time threshold of the departure time of the transit vehicle.

2. The method of updating a didactic information display of claim 1 , wherein:

the command comprising an order in which to cycle through and present the most relevant subset of the information on a display of the passive display device.

3. The method of updating a didactic information display of claim 1 , wherein:

the command comprises a display layout, the display layout determining a relative position for presenting the most relevant subset of the information on a display of the passive display device.

4. The method of updating a didactic information display of claim 1 , wherein:

the interactions comprise one or more of screen touch data, verbal commands, or user gaze tracking data.

5. The method of updating a didactic information display of claim 1 , wherein:

the data further comprises weather information;

the current set of parameters comprises current weather information; and

the most relevant subset of the information is based on the data having weather information that is the same as the current weather information.

6. The method of updating a didactic information display of claim 1 , wherein:

providing an additional command to the number of interactive information devices causes each of the number of interactive information devices to display the most relevant subset of the information.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions embedded thereon for updating a didactic information display, the instructions comprising computer code for causing a computing device to:

provide information for display on a number of interactive information devices;

receive and aggregate data related to interactions from users of the number interactive information devices, the data comprising a location and a timestamp associated with each of the interactions, wherein each of the interactions is related to a subset of the information displayed on one of the number of interactive information devices;

determine a most relevant subset of the information for a plurality of sets of parameters;

determine a current set of parameters from the plurality of sets of parameters, wherein determining the current set of parameters comprises determining that a current time is within a predetermined time threshold of a departure time of a transit vehicle; and

communicate a command to a passive display device located remotely from the number of interactive information devices, the command causing the passive display device to display the most relevant subset of the information based on the current set of parameters, wherein the command causes the passive display device to display a timetable of transit vehicle departures in response to the determination that the current time is within the predetermined time threshold of the departure time of the transit vehicle.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein:

the information comprises one or more of text, images, video, real-time data, window sizes of various data, viewing duration of various data, a content flow, or interactive elements.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein:

the command comprises a display layout, the display layout determining a relative position for presenting the most relevant subset of the information on a display of the passive display device.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein:

the interactions comprise one or more of screen touch data, verbal commands, or user gaze tracking data.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein:

the data further comprises weather information;

the current set of parameters comprises current weather information; and

the most relevant subset of the information is based on the data having weather information that is the same as the current weather information.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein:

providing an additional command to the number of interactive information devices causes each of the number of interactive information devices to display the most relevant subset of the information.

13. A didactic information system, comprising:

a communications interface configured to communicate with a number of interactive information devices and at least one passive display device;

a memory; and

a processor configured to:

provide, using the communications interface, information for display on the number of interactive information devices;

receive and aggregate data related to interactions from users of the number interactive information devices, the data comprising a location and a timestamp associated with each of the interactions, wherein each of the interactions is related to a subset of the information displayed on one of the number of interactive information devices;

determine a most relevant subset of the information for a plurality of sets of parameters;

determine a current set of parameters from the plurality of sets of parameters, wherein determining the current set of parameters comprises determining that a current time is within a predetermined time threshold of a departure time of a transit vehicle; and

communicate, using the communications interface, a command to the at least one passive display device located remotely from the number of interactive information devices, the command causing the passive display device to display the most relevant subset of the information based on the current set of parameters, wherein the command causes the passive display device to display a timetable of transit vehicle departures in response to the determination that the current time is within the predetermined time threshold of the departure time of the transit vehicle.

14. The didactic information system of claim 13 , wherein:

the information comprises one or more of text, images, video, real-time data, window sizes of various data, viewing duration of various data, a content flow, or interactive elements.

15. The didactic information system of claim 13 , wherein:

the command comprises a display layout, the display layout determining a relative position for presenting the most relevant subset of the information on a display of the passive display device.

16. The didactic information system of claim 13 , wherein:

the interactions comprise one or more of screen touch data, verbal commands, or user gaze tracking data.

17. The didactic information system of claim 13 , wherein:

the data further comprises weather information;

the current set of parameters comprises current weather information; and

the most relevant subset of the information is based on the data having weather information that is the same as the current weather information.

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From: SMITH, GAVIN R.; REYMANN, STEFFEN
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