Multi-region interactive display

• US 9,239,695 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2013
• Issued: 01/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AMI Entertainment Network, LLC
• Original Assignee: AMI Entertainment Network, LLC
• Inventors: Feehan, Kenneth A., Schmidt, David S., Spielman, Howard L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dharia, Prabodh M
• Application Number:
  US13/895,904
• Publication Number:
  US 20130314301A1
• Time in Patent Office: 978 Days
• Field of Search: 345/473, 345 21- 23, 345156-184, 348/143, 348/152, 348/156, 348/158, 348/221.2, 725 30- 37, 725/78, 725/92, 725/105, 725/132, 715/201, 715/205, 715/210, 715/222, 715/234, 715/705, 715/716, 715/748, 705/7.13, 705/9, 705/14.73, 705/402
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70

Abstract

A multi-region interactive display is provided. In some embodiments, a multi-region interactive display includes a display including a plurality of display regions, the display configured to provide content in at least a first display region and a second display region; a processor configured to select content for display in at least one of the display regions; and a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions, in which the first display region and second display region are configured so that when a first user interacts with the first display region, a second user'"'"'s view of the second display region is at least partially visible.

Claims

1. A method of controlling content displayed by digital multimedia jukeboxes, each jukebox having a plurality of display regions, the method comprising:

locating a plurality of the digital multimedia jukeboxes at a plurality of distinct locations, at least one of the plurality of display regions including a plurality of distinct, unrelated, selectable applications;

defining first and second content policies, the first content policy being associated with a first location of a first venue type, and the second content policy being associated with a second location of a second venue type, the first venue type being different than the second venue type; and

assigning each digital multimedia jukebox to the first or second content policy based on whether the digital multimedia jukebox is at the first location or the second location, each digital multimedia jukebox being configured to select content to be displayed on at least one of the plurality of display regions based on the content policy assigned thereto, wherein the content to be displayed is generated by at least one first user of the plurality of digital media jukeboxes, via at least one of the plurality of distinct, unrelated, selectable applications, the generated content to be displayed being capable of being viewed by at least one second user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second content policies are automatically assigned to the plurality of digital multimedia jukeboxes.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising transmitting the assigned content policies to the respective digital multimedia jukeboxes.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first and second locations are geographic locations.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of display regions include a first display region, a second display region, and an application belt region.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the application belt region displays a plurality of applications executable by the respective digital multimedia jukeboxes.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the content is text content, music content, video content, or image content.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the image content further comprises album art.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second content policies are determined by the respective system operators of the digital multimedia jukeboxes.

10. A method of selecting content for display by a digital multimedia jukebox having a plurality of display regions, the method comprising:

assigning the digital multimedia jukebox to a first group if the digital multimedia jukebox is at a first location of a first venue type, and a second group if the digital multimedia jukebox is at a second location of a second venue type, the first venue type being different than the second venue type;

receiving, by the digital multimedia jukebox from a host system over a network (i) a first or second content policy associated with the assigned group, the first and second content policies identifying content presentation allowances or restrictions, and (ii) a plurality of content choices, the first content policy being associated with the first location, and the second content policy being associated with the second location;

selecting content to be displayed by the digital multimedia jukebox from the plurality of multimedia content choices based on the received first or second content policy, wherein the content to be displayed is generated via at least one of a plurality of distinct, unrelated, selectable applications on at least one of the plurality of display regions by at least one first user of the plurality of digital media jukeboxes, the generated content to be displayed being capable of being viewed by at least one second user; and

displaying the selected content in response to determining that the selected content complies with the first or second content policy.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first and second content policies are automatically assigned to the digital multimedia jukebox based on the location.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the location is a geographic location of the digital multimedia jukebox.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the plurality of display regions include a first display region, a second display region, and a belt region.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the belt region displays a plurality of applications executable by the respective digital multimedia jukeboxes.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the content is text content, music content, video content or image content.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the image content further comprises album art.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein a system operator of the digital multimedia jukebox determines the first and second content policies.