DIGITAL LICENSE PLATE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME

A digital license plate for a motor vehicle includes a display device for displaying a sequence of letters and/or digits to form a vehicle registration number, a storage unit for storing files, an authentication unit for authenticating a file stored in the storage unit to a predetermined source, an encryption unit for encrypting and decrypting a file stored in the storage unit, a transmitting and/or receiving unit for wireless or wired interaction with a server, and a control unit designed to control the display device to display, by the display device, a vehicle registration number contained in a file if the authentication unit confirms that the file originates from the predetermined source.