Patents by Inventor DEREJE M. DEMISSE

DEREJE M. DEMISSE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11935403
    Abstract: A vehicle identification system includes one or more displays associated with a vehicle, a transceiver, and a controller communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The one or more displays are located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle. The controller is adapted to generate a first signal to be transmitted by the transceiver to a mobile communication device associated with a driver of the vehicle when it is determined that the vehicle is within a predetermined distance of a specific location. The mobile communication device associated with the driver is adapted to generate a second signal to be transmitted to the one or more displays. The second signal represents an indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: RideShare Displays, Inc.
    Inventor: Dereje M. Demisse
  • Patent number: 11922807
    Abstract: A vehicle identification system includes one or more displays associated with a vehicle, and a network-accessible controller. The one or more displays are located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle. The controller is adapted to generate a first signal with an identifier to be transmitted to a mobile communication device associated with a vehicle or its driver in response to receiving a ride request from a user. The mobile communication device associated with the vehicle or its driver is adapted to generate a second signal indicative of the identifier to be transmitted to the one or more displays. The controller is also adapted to generate a further signal for displaying an advertisement on the one or more displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: RideShare Displays, Inc.
    Inventors: Dereje M. Demisse, Steve Rose
  • Patent number: 11386781
    Abstract: A vehicle identification system includes one or more displays associated with a vehicle, and a network-accessible controller. The one or more displays are located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle. The controller is adapted to generate a first signal with an identifier to be transmitted to a mobile communication device associated with a vehicle or its driver in response to receiving a ride request from a user. The mobile communication device associated with the vehicle or its driver is adapted to generate a second signal indicative of the identifier to be transmitted to the one or more displays. The controller is also adapted to generate a further signal for displaying an advertisement on the one or more displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: RIDESHARE DISPLAYS, INC.
    Inventors: Dereje M. Demisse, Steve Rose
  • Patent number: 11355009
    Abstract: A vehicle identification system includes one or more displays associated with a vehicle, a transceiver, and a controller communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The one or more displays are located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle. The controller is adapted to generate a first signal to be transmitted by the transceiver to a mobile communication device associated with a driver of the vehicle when it is determined that the vehicle is within a predetermined distance of a specific location. The mobile communication device associated with the driver is adapted to generate a second signal to be transmitted to the one or more displays. The second signal represents an indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: RIDESHARE DISPLAYS, INC.
    Inventor: Dereje M. Demisse
  • Patent number: 11030891
    Abstract: A vehicle identification system includes one or more displays associated with a vehicle, a transceiver, and a controller communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The one or more displays are located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle. The controller is adapted to generate a first signal to be transmitted by the transceiver to a mobile communication device associated with a driver of the vehicle when it is determined that the vehicle is within a predetermined distance of a specific location. The mobile communication device associated with the driver is adapted to generate a second signal to be transmitted to the one or more displays. The second signal represents an indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: RideShare Displays, Inc.
    Inventor: Dereje M. Demisse
  • Patent number: 10789837
    Abstract: A vehicle identification system includes one or more displays associated with a vehicle, and a network-accessible controller. The one or more displays are located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle. The controller is adapted to generate a first signal with an identifier to be transmitted to a mobile communication device associated with a vehicle or its driver in response to a ride request from a user. The mobile communication device associated with the vehicle or its driver is adapted to generate a second signal indicative of the identified to be transmitted to one or more displays. The controller is also adapted to generate a further signal for displaying an advertisement on the one or more displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: RideShare Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Dereje M. Demisse, Steve Rose
  • Patent number: 10748417
    Abstract: A vehicle identification system includes one or more displays associated with a vehicle, a transceiver, and a controller communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The one or more displays are located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle. The controller is adapted to generate a first signal to be transmitted by the transceiver to a mobile communication device associated with a driver of the vehicle when it is determined that the vehicle is within a predetermined distance of a specific location. The mobile communication device associated with the driver is adapted to generate a second signal to be transmitted to the one or more displays. The second signal represents an indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: RideShare Displays, Inc.
    Inventor: Dereje M. Demisse
  • Patent number: 10672265
    Abstract: A vehicle identification system includes one or more displays associated with a vehicle, and a network-accessible controller. The one or more displays are located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle by a rider and one of the displays is associated with a front windshield of the vehicle, wherein the display includes a fingerprint reader that a registered driver must touch to activate the display. A memory associated with the display that stores the fingerprint image of the registered driver and a message which is displayed on the display screen of the display when the display is deactivated and a mobile communication device associated with the registered driver of the vehicle which generates a signal, representing an indicator identifying the vehicle, that is transmitted to the display and displayed on the display if the display has been activated by touching the fingerprint reader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Inventors: Dereje M. Demisse, Steve Rose
  • Publication number: 20200118422
    Abstract: A vehicle identification system includes one or more displays associated with a vehicle, and a network-accessible controller. The one or more displays are located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle by a rider and one of the displays is associated with a front windshield of the vehicle, wherein the display includes a fingerprint reader that a registered driver must touch to activate the display. A memory associated with the display that stores the fingerprint image of the registered driver and a message which is displayed on the display screen of the display when the display is deactivated and a mobile communication device associated with the registered driver of the vehicle which generates a signal, representing an indicator identifying the vehicle, that is transmitted to the display and displayed on the display if the display has been activated by touching the fingerprint reader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Dereje M. Demisse, Steve Rose
  • Publication number: 20200074849
    Abstract: A vehicle identification system includes one or more displays associated with a vehicle, and a network-accessible controller. The one or more displays are located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle. The controller is adapted to generate a first signal with an identifier to be transmitted to a mobile communication device associated with a vehicle or its driver in response to a ride request from a user. The mobile communication device associated with the vehicle or its driver is adapted to generate a second signal indicative of the identified to be transmitted to one or more displays. The controller is also adapted to generate a further signal for displaying an advertisement on the one or more displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Dereje M. Demisse, Steve Rose
  • Patent number: 10559199
    Abstract: A vehicle identification system includes one or more displays associated with a vehicle, a transceiver, and a controller communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The one or more displays are located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle. The controller is adapted to generate a first signal to be transmitted by the transceiver to a mobile communication device associated with a driver of the vehicle when it is determined that the vehicle is within a predetermined distance of a specific location. The mobile communication device associated with the driver is adapted to generate a second signal to be transmitted to the one or more displays. The second signal represents an indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: RideShare Displays, Inc.
    Inventor: Dereje M. Demisse
  • Patent number: 10467896
    Abstract: A vehicle identification system includes one or more displays associated with a vehicle, and a network-accessible controller. The one or more displays are located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle. The controller is adapted to generate a first signal with an identifier to be transmitted to a mobile communication device associated with a vehicle or its driver in response to receiving a ride request from a user. The mobile communication device associated with the vehicle or its driver is adapted to generate a second signal indicative of the identifier to be transmitted to the one or more displays. The controller is also adapted to generate a further signal for displaying an advertisement on the one or more displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Inventors: Dereje M. Demisse, Steve Rose
  • Patent number: 10395525
    Abstract: A vehicle identification system includes one or more displays associated with a vehicle, a transceiver, and a controller communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The one or more displays are located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle. The controller is adapted to generate a first signal to be transmitted by the transceiver to a mobile communication device associated with a driver of the vehicle when it is determined that the vehicle is within a predetermined distance of a specific location. The mobile communication device associated with the driver is adapted to generate a second signal to be transmitted to the one or more displays. The second signal represents an indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: RideShare Displays, Inc.
    Inventor: Dereje M. Demisse
  • Publication number: 20190228643
    Abstract: A vehicle identification system includes one or more displays associated with a vehicle, and a network-accessible controller. The one or more displays are located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle. The controller is adapted to generate a first signal with an identifier to be transmitted to a mobile communication device associated with a vehicle or its driver in response to receiving a ride request from a user. The mobile communication device associated with the vehicle or its driver is adapted to generate a second signal indicative of the identifier to be transmitted to the one or more displays. The controller is also adapted to generate a further signal for displaying an advertisement on the one or more displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: DEREJE M. DEMISSE, Steve Rose
  • Patent number: 10249184
    Abstract: A vehicle identification system includes one or more displays associated with a vehicle, and a network-accessible controller. The one or more displays are located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle. The controller is adapted to generate a first signal with an identifier to be transmitted to a mobile communication device associated with a vehicle or its driver in response to receiving a ride request from a user. The mobile communication device associated with the vehicle or its driver is adapted to generate a second signal indicative of the identifier to be transmitted to the one or more displays. The controller is also adapted to generate a further signal with the identifier to be transmitted to a mobile communication device associated with the user useable for verifying that the user has entered the correct vehicle at a pickup location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Rideshare Displays, Inc.
    Inventors: Dereje M. Demisse, Steve Rose
  • Patent number: 10169987
    Abstract: A vehicle identification system includes one or more displays associated with a vehicle, a transceiver, and a controller communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The one or more displays are located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle. The controller is adapted to generate a first signal to be transmitted by the transceiver to a mobile communication device associated with a driver of the vehicle when it is determined that the vehicle is within a predetermined distance of a specific location. The mobile communication device associated with the driver is adapted to generate a second signal to be transmitted to the one or more displays. The second signal represents an indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: RideShare Displays, Inc.
    Inventor: Dereje M. Demisse
  • Publication number: 20180190110
    Abstract: A vehicle identification system includes one or more displays associated with a vehicle, and a network-accessible controller. The one or more displays are located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle. The controller is adapted to generate a first signal with an identifier to be transmitted to a mobile communication device associated with a vehicle or its driver in response to receiving a ride request from a user. The mobile communication device associated with the vehicle or its driver is adapted to generate a second signal indicative of the identifier to be transmitted to the one or more displays. The controller is also adapted to generate a further signal with the identifier to be transmitted to a mobile communication device associated with the user useable for verifying that the user has entered the correct vehicle at a pickup location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Dereje M. Demisse, Steve Rose
  • Patent number: 9892637
    Abstract: A vehicle identification system includes one or more displays associated with a vehicle, a transceiver, and a controller communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The one or more displays are located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle. The controller is adapted to generate a first signal to be transmitted by the transceiver to a mobile communication device associated with a driver of the vehicle when it is determined that the vehicle is within a predetermined distance of a specific location. The mobile communication device associated with the driver is adapted to generate a second signal to be transmitted to the one or more displays. The second signal represents an indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: RIDESHARE DISPLAYS, INC.
    Inventor: Dereje M. Demisse
  • Publication number: 20150348408
    Abstract: A vehicle identification system includes one or more displays associated with a vehicle, a transceiver, and a controller communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The one or more displays are located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle. The controller is adapted to generate a first signal to be transmitted by the transceiver to a mobile communication device associated with a driver of the vehicle when it is determined that the vehicle is within a predetermined distance of a specific location. The mobile communication device associated with the driver is adapted to generate a second signal to be transmitted to the one or more displays. The second signal represents an indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventor: DEREJE M. DEMISSE