Systems for displaying media on display devices

• US 10,606,543 B2
• Filed: 02/15/2018
• Issued: 03/31/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TLCD LLC
• Original Assignee: Beam Authentic, Inc.
• Inventors: Zenoff, Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Titcomb, William D
• Application Number:
  US15/897,160
• Publication Number:
  US 20180173488A1
• Time in Patent Office: 775 Days
• Field of Search: 715734
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1639 the display being based on projection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/02 Flexible displays
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/06 Remotely controlled electronic signs other than labels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3173 wherein the projection device is specially adapted for enhanced portability

Abstract

The present disclosure provides methods and computer systems for displaying or projecting media on a remote visual curvilinear display. In a computer system, a computer server may be in network communication with a mobile electronic device of a user. A selection of the media may be received at a computer server from the mobile electronic device. The media may be provided from the computer server for display or projection on the remote visual curvilinear display per a display and/or location preference or schedule.

Claims

1. A method for customizing a digital button, comprising:

communicatively coupling, by a media server, to a mobile device of a user;

identifying, by the media server, one or more interests of the user based on a profile of the user associated with a user account at the media server;

selecting, by the media server, one or more media objects stored by the media server based on the identified one or more interests of the user; and

transmitting, by the media server, the selected media objects to the mobile device of the user, wherein said the mobile device configured to organize a subset of the selected media objects into a queue and to provide the organized subset of selected media objects to the digital button, the digital button configured to display the subset of selected media objects in an order defined by the queue.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital button comprises a curvilinear display, and wherein each selected media object is formatted into dimensions corresponding to the curvilinear display.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the media server comprises a social networking system server, and wherein the profile of the user comprises a user profile corresponding to the social networking system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the selection of the one or more media objects is performed in response to a triggering event.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital button comprises attachment means on a side opposite a display of the digital button such that when the digital button is attached to an object, person, or surface, the selected media objects are displayed outward and away from the digital object, person, or surface.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting one or more media objects based on the identified one or more interests of the user comprises selecting media objects stored by the media server that are determined to be relevant to the one or more interests of the user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting one or more media objects based on the identified one or more interests of the user comprises selecting media objects stored by the media server that have been selected by additional users connected to the user.

8. A method for customizing a digital button, comprising:

communicatively coupling, by a media server, to a mobile device of a user, the mobile device communicatively coupled to the digital button;

in response to detecting a triggering event, selecting, by the media server, one or more media objects stored by the media server; and

transmitting, by the media server, the selected media objects to the mobile device, the mobile device configured to organize a subset of the selected media objects into a queue and to provide the organized subset of the selected media objects to the digital button, the digital button configured to display the subset of selected media objects in an order defined by the queue.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the digital button comprises a curvilinear display, and wherein each selected media object is formatted into dimensions corresponding to the curvilinear display.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the triggering event comprises an action taken by the user, and wherein the one or more media objects are selected based on the action taken by the user.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the triggering event comprises an action taken by a person other than the user, and wherein the one or more media objects are selected based on the action taken by the person other than the user.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the triggering event comprises receiving a communication, and wherein the one or more media objects are selected based on content of the received communication.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the digital button comprises attachment means on a side opposite a display of the digital button such that when the digital button is attached to an object, person, or surface, the selected media objects are displayed outward and away from the digital object, person, or surface.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable computer instructions for customizing a digital button, the instructions configured to, when executed by a processor, perform steps comprising:

communicatively coupling, by a media server, to a mobile device of a user;

identifying, by the media server, one or more interests of the user based on a profile of the user associated with a user account at the media server;

selecting, by the media server, one or more media objects stored by the media server based on the identified one or more interests of the user; and

transmitting, by the media server, the selected media objects to the mobile device of the user, wherein said the mobile device configured to organize a subset of the selected media objects into a queue and to provide the organized subset of selected media objects to the digital button, the digital button configured to display the subset of selected media objects in an order defined by the queue.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the digital button comprises a curvilinear display, and wherein each selected media object is formatted into dimensions corresponding to the curvilinear display.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the media server comprises a social networking system server, and wherein the profile of the user comprises a user profile corresponding to the social networking system.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the selection of the one or more media objects is performed in response to a triggering event.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the digital button comprises attachment means on a side opposite a display of the digital button such that when the digital button is attached to an object, person, or surface, the selected media objects are displayed outward and away from the digital object, person, or surface.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein selecting one or more media objects based on the identified one or more interests of the user comprises selecting media objects stored by the media server that are determined to be relevant to the one or more interests of the user.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein selecting one or more media objects based on the identified one or more interests of the user comprises selecting media objects stored by the media server that have been selected by additional users connected to the user.