NL1024310C2 - Communication system comprises memory for storage of information to which is coupled reproduction unit, with system being mobile and transportable by lorry, ship, sailing boat, airship, balloon or helicopter - Google Patents

Abstract

The communication system comprises a memory for storage of information to which is coupled a reproduction unit. The system is mobile and transportable by lorry, ship, sailing boat, airship, balloon or helicopter. The transport medium (1,2) is provided with a computer system of which the memory forms part. The computer feeds a display screen (3) which is placed on a ship or is suspended (4) on a balloon. The two light screens (3,4) can form publicity messages directed towards a public beach. The ship can be provided with a telecommunication receiver (5) whilst the balloon can also be provided with such a receiver (6). These receivers are connected for information feed to the computer system and the memory for the change of information for ultimate display on the light screens. The receivers can also be considered for connection to the reproduction unit.

Description

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Communication system

The invention relates to a communication system comprising a memory device for storing information and a display unit which is coupled to the memory device for displaying information.

Such a communication system is generally known and is placed, for example, along roads for communicating advertising messages. The known communication system can be designed in a conventional manner with a memory member in the form of a drum or drums on which a cloth can be wound and unwind, and which cloth is provided with the messages. It is also known to design the memory device electronically, for example in the form of a computer system, and to equip the display unit as a ticker connected to the electronic memory device.

The invention has for its object to provide an entirely new activity which, apart from the basic elements just discussed, is in no way comparable to what is known from the prior art.

The communication system according to the invention is characterized in that the system is of mobile design such that it can be moved during operation. With this breakthrough idea according to the invention, a communication system comes within reach that makes new forms of communication with the consumer, or the public in general, possible.

A particular aspect of the invention relates to the communication system being placed on or connected to a means of transport selected from the group of (truck) wagon, ship, (sail) boat, airship, balloon, helicopter. In this embodiment the display unit can be dimensioned such that a good readability of the information that is presented with the display unit can be realized up to a distance of approximately one kilometer.

Thus, when the display unit is placed on a ship or hung from a balloon, very ΊΒ24310 *

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I effective during summer days for the Dutch or outside I

Iland coastal beaches are sailed and can be targeted I

I reach a large consumer audience. The information shown I

Iition can be varied; except for advertising I

I 5 shelves can be news items, games and, if desired, I

I will be shown in the latest episode of the most popular soap opera. I

I When using an airship or balloon for transport I

I placement of the display unit, it is also possible to I

I at events (open air concerts, football matches and I

Such messages that are aimed at the present I

I show the public. I

In yet a further aspect of the invention, it is I

I communication system characterized in that it is a telecommunications I

I have a nication receiver who can be linked to information feeding I

With the memory device and / or the display unit. Thus I

I it is possible to provide up-to-date information in a very flexible way

I to show to the public, for example with targeted I

I to link advertising messages to a current event. I

In addition, it is desirable that provision is made for ten

At least one telecom communication channel that can cooperate with the I

I telecommunications receiver, which telecommunications transmitter is I

I have been selected from the ground station, satellite / receiver group

I catcher. The use of a ground station offers the I

I advantage that a relatively large staff operates on the mainland I

I may be for providing fresh information transmitted through the I

I mobile parts of the communication system shown I

I become. I

In a further developed embodiment of the I

I communication system according to the invention is affected by this

I 30 characterizes that it has a computer connected to I

I a fixed and / or wireless information network for processing I

I of respondent responses received via the information network I

I on information displayed by the display unit. This makes I

I possible to, for example, the beach audience or the visitor to I

I 35 to involve an event or football match in the information I

Information that is offered via the display unit. The pu I

For example, Ibliek uses mobile telephony

I phones. The computer that processes the respondent responses can I

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* 3 in this case are implemented as a voice-controlled response computer, or as a menu-driven computer in which the outcome is determined by text messages from the respondents.

The invention will be further elucidated hereinbelow on the basis of a schematic representation of a few main parts of the communication system according to the invention and with reference to the drawing.

A single figure is shown in the drawing to illustrate the communication system according to the invention. The communication system comprises a transport means, for example a ship 1 or a balloon 2. This transport means 1,2 is provided with a computer system (not shown) of which a memory device forms part. The computer system feeds a display unit such as the marquee 3 which is placed on the ship 1 or the marquee 4, which is suspended from the balloon 2. In the figure the two marquees 3,4 show possible shapes of in this case advertising targeted at the beach audience. It is evident that the two light newspapers 3,4 and the computer system fed thereto are mobile, so that movement of this system is possible without interruption of the information flow to the light newspapers 3,4.

Furthermore, it is diagrammatically shown in the figure that the ship 1 can be provided with a telecommunication receiver 5 and that the balloon 2 can also be provided with a telecommunication receiver 6. These telecommunication receivers 5, 6 are connected to the computer system and the memory device forming part of it for updating the information which is ultimately displayed on the light newspapers 3,4. It is also conceivable to connect the telecommunication receivers 5,6 directly to the display units 3,4.

For providing information to the telecommunication receivers 5,6, a ground station 7 can be suitably used. In the figure it is shown that this ground station 7 directs the information via a satellite transmitter / receiver 8 to the telecommunication receivers 5,6.

In a manner that is clear to a person skilled in the art, it is preferable for the ground station 7 to also be provided with a computer which is 1024310 ".

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is connected to a fixed and / or wireless information network I

such as the internet or the known voice network for telephony

no. That computer can then be arranged for processing I

from the reply received through the information network just mentioned

5 pound responses to I shown by display units 3,4

information. I

The explanation given above with reference to an I

exemplary embodiment of the communication system according to I

invention should be expressly stated as non-limiting I

10 with regard to the following claims. Many i

variations are conceivable on the basic principles such as these in I

the foregoing have been explained. For example, the sail I

of the sailboat on which the communication system may be based I

are arranged as the ticker with which information I

15 is offered to the public. I

The scope of protection attached to the following claims

therefore should not be limited to the I

exemplary embodiment given above, but serves dynamically I

be understood so that this scope of protection adapts I

20 to the normal development of the prior art. I

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Claims (5)

1. A communication system comprising a memory device for storing information, and a display unit which is coupled to the memory device for displaying information, characterized in that the system is mobile so that it can be moved during operation. A communication system according to claim 1, characterized in that it is placed on or connected to a means of transport selected from the group of (truck) wagon, ship, (sail) boat, airship, balloon, helicopter. 3. A communication system as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it has a telecommunications receiver which can be connected to the memory device and / or the display unit for information supply purposes. 4. A communication system according to claim 3, characterized in that it is also provided with at least one telecommunication transmitter that can cooperate with the telecommunication receiver, which telecommunication transmitter is selected from the ground station, satellite transmitter / receiver group. 5. A communication system according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it has a computer connected to a fixed and / or wireless information network for processing respondent responses received via the information network to information displayed by the display unit. 1 02 431 0 "*