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US 8635556
Human readable iconic display server
Current assignee: Alcatel Lucent SAS
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Patent Overview — US 8,635,556 B2
Title: Human readable iconic display server
Patent number: US 8,635,556 B2 (application US 12/956,555; publication US 2012/0137256 A1)
Inventors: Richard Lalancette, Mike Elias, Stephen Nelson West
Original/current assignee (per listing): Alcatel Lucent SAS; earlier assignment to Alcatel-Lucent Canada Inc.
Filing date / priority date: 2010-11-30
Grant (publication) date: 2014-01-21
Legal status shown: Expired – Fee Related; adjusted expiration 2032-05-12
Purpose. The disclosure is directed to a "human readable iconic identification system," specifically a cross-platform target identification system. Embodiments provide a personal icon that is easily visible and distinguishable from other such icons, and a system for sending representations of that icon to a specific display among a plurality of accessible displays—possibly including a copy of the icon local to the requester for verification.
Plain-language scope. In the described method, a server receives a request for a service for a user (the request carries a user identifier and may come from a service provider or a user-operable device, e.g., a portable device such as a smart phone). The request is associated with a human-readable icon for that user, typically by retrieving the icon from an icon database using the identifier, and the icon is sent to a display upon grant of the request. Displays may be selected from several, may be arranged to direct the user spatially, may be mobile, and may include a display on the user's own device. A taxonomy example: a taxi service, where the icon appears on the selected taxi's rooftop display and dashboard-mounted driver display. The associating step may include verifying the icon is unique, and the icon may be selected from a predefined set of unique icons in the database. A corresponding program storage device embodying instructions is also claimed.
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