US 7,482,910 B2
Apparatus, system, and computer program product for presenting unsolicited information to a vehicle or individual
Stephen Waller Melvin, San Francisco, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Baglador S.A. LLC, Wilmington, Del. (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/513,031.
Application 11/513031 is a continuation of application No. 11/161168, filed on Jul. 25, 2005, granted, now 7,319,379.
Application 11/161168 is a continuation of application No. 10/249904, filed on May 16, 2003, granted, now 6,922,138, filed on Aug. 31, 2006.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/319251, filed on May 16, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2007/0080813 A1, Apr. 12, 2007
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); G08B 7/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/065 (2006.01); G08G 1/123 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/00 (2006.01); G06Q 40/00 (2006.01); G09F 21/04 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 340—438  [340/438; 340/691.3; 340/691.6; 340/573.1; 340/928; 340/988; 701/1; 701/22; 701/23; 701/24; 705/14; 705/43; 40/592] 42 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for presenting unsolicited information from a set of unsolicited information to at least one of a vehicle and an individual, comprising:
a first circuit configured to receive characteristic information from the at least one of the vehicle and the individual;
a second circuit configured to analyze the characteristic information to produce a predicted profile, to assign a score to each unsolicited information in the set of unsolicited information based on the predicted profile, to use the predicted profile to select the unsolicited information from the set of unsolicited information, and to record an instance of a selection of the unsolicited information from the set of unsolicited information; and
a third circuit configured to transmit the unsolicited information from the set of unsolicited information.