Dynamic device for billboard advertising
First Claim
1. An advertising billboard device comprising:
- a server;
a display controller, wherein said display controller is adapted to receive and display dynamic-content from said server; and
at least one passive content display unit in communication with said display controller, wherein said passive content display unit visually displays the information from said dynamic-content.
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Abstract
A dynamic device for billboard advertising is disclosed. An advertising billboard device in accordance with the present invention comprises a server and a display controller adapted to receive, store, and display dynamic-content from the server. At least one content display unit is in communication with the display controller, wherein the content display unit visually displays the information from the dynamic-content. The advertising billboard display controller may also comprise a timing means, the display controller altering the visual display of the content display unit as a function of the time from the timing means. The display controller may be adapted to receive, store, and display dynamic-content from a plurality of servers, wherein the display controller comprises a heirarchical control scheme, the heirarchical control scheme adapted to select dynamic-content from one server of the plurality of servers for display on the content display unit. The advertising billboard device may also comprise a plurality of display controllers in communication with a plurality of content display units, each display controller from the plurality of display controllers having a type identifier, wherein each of the display controllers selects dynamic-content for display on its content display unit as a function of the type identifier.
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41 Claims
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1. An advertising billboard device comprising:
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a server;
a display controller, wherein said display controller is adapted to receive and display dynamic-content from said server; and
at least one passive content display unit in communication with said display controller, wherein said passive content display unit visually displays the information from said dynamic-content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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15. An advertising billboard device comprising:
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a display controller, wherein said display controller is adapted to receive and display dynamic-content; and
at least one passive content display unit in communication with said display controller, wherein said at least one passive content display unit visually displays the information from said dynamic-content.
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31. An advertising billboard system comprising:
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a plurality of servers;
a plurality of display controllers, wherein each of said plurality of display controllers is adapted to receive and display dynamic-content from at least one of said plurality of servers;
at least one content display unit in communication with each of said plurality of display controllers, wherein said at least one content display unit visually displays the information from said dynamic-content;
said advertising billboard system comprising a timing means, wherein at least one of said plurality of display controllers alters the visual display of said at least one content display unit as a function of the time from said timing means; and
at least one of said plurality of display controllers is adapted to receive, store, and display dynamic-content from at least two of said plurality of servers, wherein said at least one of said plurality of display controllers comprises a heirarchical control scheme, said heirarchical control scheme adapted to select dynamic-content from one server of said at least two of said plurality of servers for display on said at least one of said plurality of content display units. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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35. An advertising billboard device comprising:
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a display controller, wherein said display controller is adapted to receive and display dynamic-content;
a content display unit in communication with said display controller, wherein said content display unit visually displays the information from said dynamic-content; and
a camera, said camera adapted to view said content display unit, wherein said camera provides an image of said content display unit.
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