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Digital media content management system and method

  • US 9,924,215 B2
  • Filed: 01/07/2015
  • Issued: 03/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing a presentation of data content and generating control instructions related thereto for one or more devices in a premises, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by a data communication hub, contextual data from at least one electronic device in the premises, wherein the contextual data is related to one or more items associated with the at least one electronic device;

    interpreting, by the data communication hub, the contextual data to determine primary content that includes descriptive information included in the contextual data of the one or more items associated with the at least one electronic device;

    determining, by the data communication hub, secondary content that is complementary or alternative content that is different than the determined primary content identified by the data communication hub;

    coordinately transmitting the determined primary content that includes at least a portion of the identified descriptive information to a primary display device in the premises to be presented thereon and the determined secondary content that is different than the primary content to a secondary display device to be presented by a user interface of a software application running on the secondary display device, such that the primary display device displays the determined primary content that is related and different than the secondary content displayed on the secondary display device; and

    upon receiving commands input to the user interface of the software application running on the secondary display device, interpreting the commands and generating and transmitting at least one instruction to the at least one electronic device to control an operation thereof,wherein the at least one electronic device is a different device than either the primary display device or the secondary display device.

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