Interactive Multimedia Advertising System
First Claim
1. An interactive multimedia networked advertising system comprising:
- a plurality of interactive advertising kiosks;
secure networked deployment, control and monitoring;
one or more centralized servers;
at least one client interface;
at least one operator interface;
a software architecture for running and managing multiple content modules on each kiosk; and
a production process for operator-produced and client-produced content.
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Abstract
An interactive multimedia advertising system is disclosed. The system comprising: a plurality of interactive advertising kiosks that are deployed over a secure network; a centralized server in communications with each of the plurality of advertising kiosks; means for controlling and monitoring each advertising kiosks; means for managing multiple content modules on each kiosk via an application programming interface and a software development kit; a plurality of client, operator and manager interfaces; and means for producing in-house and client-created content. Each kiosk comprising a central processing unit; a display window having a recessed touchscreen optic; a camera; a microphone; a speaker; a plurality of communications means, wherein the central processing unit is operable to download content from the central server, to display the downloaded content, to mediate interaction between the kiosk and a consumers'"'"' touch, voice and other inputs, and to compile and send feedback and performance information to the central server.
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19 Claims
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1. An interactive multimedia networked advertising system comprising:
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a plurality of interactive advertising kiosks; secure networked deployment, control and monitoring; one or more centralized servers; at least one client interface; at least one operator interface; a software architecture for running and managing multiple content modules on each kiosk; and a production process for operator-produced and client-produced content.
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2. An interactive multimedia kiosk comprising:
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a plurality of touch screen displays; an external removable shell manufactured of ABS, acrylic, or other plastic and having borosilicate glass or strong plastic windows over the displays; an internal metal frame; locking means for restricting movement of the shell relative to the frame; computers inside the shell to operate the displays; wireless networking means; kiosk cooling means; splash protection means; monitoring means for monitoring status of electronics, locking means, temperatures, airflow, liquid flow, power usage and power supply voltages; and means for reversible attachment of the kiosk to a support surface. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computerized system for display of interactive media content, comprising:
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a computer with a central processing unit, persistent storage such as a hard disk drive, random access memory, graphics processor with highly parallelized data processing architecture, and network interface; one or more display screens to display images computed by the computer; a plurality of touch screen surfaces which detect touches and transmit them to the computer; touch processing software which processes touches by categorization based on context and computation of derived quantities, and communicates the results to media content modules; media modules which compute the image to display and any modifications to the image based on received touches, including images, video and sound;
wherein multiple content modules may run concurrently with shared resources;a media scheduler to determine when each content module should be loaded, initialized, displayed, and unloaded; a network module to communicate with a centralized computer to receive data schedules and transmit operational and interaction logs; a review module to review internal data structures and operational variables; a multithreaded architecture for the software modules to allow multiple hardware processing cores to process inputs and outputs without waiting for other modules; software modules for communicating with peripheral devices such as cameras, microphones and speakers; software modules for communicating with the underlying operating system, telecommunications encoders and decoders, and video display systems; software modules for communicating with other computers in other networked kiosks or remote screens for display of seamless media over multiple screens; and a software module for communicating the status of the operating computer to the backup computer.
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