SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING VARYING CONTENT TO MULTIPLE DISPLAYS USING A SINGLE PLAYER

• US 20100109974A1
• Filed: 09/29/2009
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
• Inventors: DeLaet, Rick, Fraschilla, Gerald, DUNN, William
• Application Number:
  US12/568,896
• Publication Number:
  US 20100109974A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/3.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/12 wherein another information is substituted for the portion of broadcast information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41415 involving a public display, viewable by several users in a public space outside their home, e.g. movie theatre, information kiosk
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4347 Demultiplexing of several video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44004 involving video buffer management, e.g. video decoder buffer or video display buffer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/002 Special television systems not provided for by H04N7/007 - H04N7/18 still pictures via a television channel H04N1/00098
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/08 Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band , e.g. by time division H04N7/007 takes precedence

Abstract

A system for displaying content on multiple electronic displays utilizing a single video player and transmitter. Some displays may show dynamic video and the remaining displays may show static images. Alternatively, every display may be showing static images. The player provides frames of video which may be encoded with unique display identifiers which direct the system to display the proper frames on the proper displays. The transmitter may be in wireless or hard-wired electrical communication with the display receivers. If using a hard-wired embodiment, the displays may be daisy-chained together to reduce the length of wire/cable needed.

Claims

1. A system for displaying content on multiple electronic displays comprising:

a player which produces at least one video stream by outputting a plurality of frames associated with each video stream;

a transmitter in electrical communication with the player which encodes each frame with one or more display identifiers;

a plurality of receivers in electrical communication with the transmitter, which receives each frame from the transmitter and analyzes the frame'"'"'s display identifiers and accepts the frame if the display identifier is acceptable, or rejects the frame if the display identifier is not acceptable; and

an electronic display in electrical communication with each receiver that displays the frame if accepted.

2. The display system of claim 1 wherein:

each receiver is associated with a single unique display identifier.

3. The display system of claim 1 wherein:

said electronic display repeats a previously accepted frame if the current frame is rejected.

4. The display system of claim 3 further comprising:

a storage medium in electrical communication with each electronic display which stores previously accepted frames.

5. The display system of claim 1 further comprising:

a compression device in electrical communication with the player which compresses each frame.

6. The display system of claim 1 wherein:

the electrical communication between the transmitter and receivers is a wireless electrical communication.

7. The display system of claim 1 wherein:

the electrical communication between the transmitter and receivers is provided by CAT 5 cable.

8. A system for displaying content on multiple electronic displays comprising:

a player which produces a plurality of video frames;

a first central processing unit which receives the frames from the player, compresses the frames, and encodes each frame with one or more display identifiers, resulting in a plurality of packets;

a transmitter which receives the packets from the CPU and wirelessly transmits the packets;

a plurality of receivers, each receiver is associated with a display identifier and receives the transmitted packets and analyzes the packet'"'"'s display identifiers and

accepts the packet if the display identifier matches the receiver, or

rejects the packet if the display identifier does not match the receiver;

a second central processing unit (CPU) in electrical communication with each receiver which decompresses the packet if the packet was accepted; and

an electronic display in electrical communication with each second CPU which displays the decompressed packet if the packet was accepted and repeats the display of a previously accepted packet if the packet was rejected.

9. The display system of claim 8 further comprising:

a storage medium in electrical communication with each electronic display which stores previously accepted packets.

10. The display system of claim 8 wherein:

the electronic displays are liquid crystal displays.

11. The display system of claim 8 wherein:

the electronic displays are OLED displays.

12. A system for displaying content on multiple electronic displays, comprising:

a player providing a plurality of video frames as a parallel data stream, each frame having a display identifier,

serializer circuitry in electrical communication with the player which converts the parallel data stream into a serial data stream, and

a transmitter in electrical communication with the serializer circuitry which transmits the serial stream;

a first display assembly in electrical communication with the transmitter and having a display identifier, the assembly comprising;

a first display receiver which receives the serial data stream,

a first display de-serializer which converts the received serial data stream into a parallel data stream,

a first display central processing unit which analyzes the display identifier for each frame in the parallel data stream, and

accepts the frame if the display identifier matches the display identifier for the display assembly and

rejects the frame if the display identifier does not match the display identifier for the display assembly,

a first display which displays the frame if accepted and displays a previously accepted frame if rejected,

a first display serializer which converts the parallel data stream into a serial data stream, and

a first display transmitter which transmits the serial data stream; and

a second display assembly in electrical communication with the first display transmitter and having a display identifier, the assembly comprising;

a second display receiver which receives the serial data stream,

a second display de-serializer which converts the received serial data stream into a parallel data stream,

a second display central processing unit which analyzes the display identifier for each frame in the parallel data stream, and

accepts the frame if the display identifier matches the display identifier for the display assembly and

rejects the frame if the display identifier does not match the display identifier for the display assembly,

a second display which displays the frame if accepted and displays a previously accepted frame if rejected,

a second display serializer which converts the parallel data stream into a serial data stream, and

a second display transmitter which transmits the serial data stream;

13. The display system of claim 12 further comprising:

N display assemblies in electrical communication with the second display assembly where N is any positive integer.

14. The display system of claim 12 wherein any one of the display assemblies is a distribution display assembly having a transmitter which simultaneously transmits the serial data stream to a plurality of additional display assemblies.

15. The display system of claim 12 further comprising:

a clock cleaner within each display assembly which synchronizes the displays of each display assembly.

16. The display system of claim 15 wherein:

the transmission of each serial data stream takes place on CAT-5 cable.

17. The display system of claim 16 wherein:

each display is a liquid crystal display.

18. The display system of claim 16 wherein:

each display is an OLED display.

19. The display system of claim 16 further comprising:

a storage medium in electrical communication with each display which stores previously accepted frames.

20. A system for receiving and displaying video frames which have been encoded with one or more display identifiers, the system comprising:

a plurality of receivers, each receiver is associated with one or more display identifiers and receives the video frames and analyzes each frame'"'"'s display identifiers and

accepts the frame if the display identifiers match, or

rejects the frame if the display identifiers doe not match; and

an electronic display in electrical communication with each receiver which displays the frame if it was accepted and repeats the display of a previously accepted frame if it was rejected.

21. The display system of claim 20 further comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU) in electrical communication with each receiver which decompresses the frame if it was accepted.

22. The display system of claim 21 further comprising:

a storage medium in electrical communication with each electronic display which stores previously accepted frames.