John L Doughty

US Patent:

20120290150, Nov 15, 2012

Filed:

May 14, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/471331

Inventors:

John Doughty - Acworth GA, US

International Classification:

H04W 24/00
G08G 1/00
G06F 7/00

US Classification:

701 2, 701118, 4554563

Abstract:

An initiator located on a car energizes an RFID fixed to a roadway. The RFID returns identification and other information. The initiator may include a vehicle mobile device such as a telematics device, or smartphone, which, may couple to an initiator transponder or receiver. A receiver uses the RFID information to perform an action, e.g., using the identifier to generate driving instructions, play advertising content, or generate alerts and warnings for various dangerous conditions and maneuvers. The vehicle mobile device can transmit marker identifiers to a central server for use in traffic flow analysis to count the number of vehicles that transmit a marker's identifier during a period. Marker information can form an instruction upon reaching a given marker traveling at a certain speed to operate the steering wheel at a given angle to follow a predetermined turn radius, or to reduce speed to comply with a reduced speed limit.

US Patent:

20180097770, Apr 5, 2018

Filed:

Oct 2, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/722690

Inventors:

Jerry C. Liu - Dunwoody GA, US
John L. Doughty - Acworth GA, US

International Classification:

H04L 12/58
G06F 3/0484

Abstract:

A social media application, platform, or computer system facilitating same presents a user with an option to post information later, as opposed to immediately. If the user selects to post later, the user may select a time, enter a time, or select a random time for the post to occur. The user may select a range from which the randomly selected posting time occurs. The computer system may be a user device or a server computer device, either of which may determine a random value for use in causing the information-to-be-posted to post randomly within the selected time range. The computer system may analyze multiple posts from multiple source and append information-to-be-posted to postings of others that contain content related to the information-to-be-posted.