Anonymous Vehicle Communication via License Plate Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current communication systems lack the ability to facilitate anonymous communication with motor vehicle operators when the vehicle is unregistered or inactive, and they do not allow for the selection of specific, anonymous individuals for broadcast content, limiting effective communication in scenarios like vehicle-related alerts or inquiries.
Innovation Solution
The system enables anonymous communication by using motor vehicle identifiers like license plate numbers, allowing users to create and store content for unregistered vehicles and broadcast content to registered vehicles within a selected radius, ensuring privacy through default exclusion of personal information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If anonymous communication is enabled using motor vehicle identifiers, then communication capability with unregistered vehicles is improved, but system complexity increases due to registration management requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary between communication devices and motor vehicles. The server manages the registration database and handles message routing, abstracting away the complexity of registration management from individual devices while enabling versatile anonymous communication through vehicle identifiers.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the registration management functionality into a separate centralized system (the server), allowing communication devices to focus solely on their communication function. This separation reduces device complexity while maintaining communication versatility through the identifier-based system.
2Reliability
If personal information is excluded from communications, then user privacy is improved, but communication effectiveness deteriorates due to lack of identification
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different quality requirements to different parts of the communication system: vehicle identifiers (license plate numbers) are used for routing and identification purposes where identification is needed, while personal information is excluded from the actual communication content where privacy is prioritized. This local differentiation resolves the contradiction between privacy and effectiveness.
3Area of stationary object
If broadcast content is sent to all registered vehicles, then communication coverage is improved, but message targeting capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic broadcast system where the scope of communication can be adjusted based on needs. Users can select specific geographic regions or radius areas for broadcast, allowing the system to dynamically adapt between wide coverage and targeted delivery by changing the spatial parameters of the broadcast area.
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AI summary
A device implements anonymous communication between users through an anonymous communication system. The device transmits a search query to a server of the anonymous communication system, where the search query corresponds to a motor vehicle identifier. The device receives from the server, an indication of whether the motor vehicle identifier is registered or is not registered with the anonymous communication system. If the motor vehicle identifier is registered, the device enables creation of content to be communicated and transmits the content to the server for retransmission to a device associated with the registered motor vehicle identifier. If, however, the motor vehicle identifier is not registered, the device presents a mechanism to enable creation of content to be communicated and transmits the content to the server for storage and retransmission to a device associated with the motor vehicle identifier if the motor vehicle identifier subsequently becomes registered with the anonymous communication system.