Managing advertising devices
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving operating conditions from a plurality of advertising devices through an Internet Protocol (IP) network, wherein each of the plurality of advertising devices include cellular technology to wirelessly transmit operating condition to and receive commands to update operating conditions from a cellular network;
receiving a request to determine a status of a first of a plurality of advertising devices, wherein the advertising devices are spatially separated;
identifying operating conditions of the first advertising device;
determining the status of the first advertising device based, at least in part, on the operating conditions; and
transmitting a presentation including information indicating the status of the first advertising device.
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Abstract
In one general aspect, a request to determine a status of a first of a plurality of advertising devices is received. The advertising devices are spatially separated. Operating conditions of the first advertising device are identified. The status of the first advertising device is determined based, at least in part, on the operating conditions. A presentation including information indicating the status of the first advertising device is transmitted.
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving operating conditions from a plurality of advertising devices through an Internet Protocol (IP) network, wherein each of the plurality of advertising devices include cellular technology to wirelessly transmit operating condition to and receive commands to update operating conditions from a cellular network; receiving a request to determine a status of a first of a plurality of advertising devices, wherein the advertising devices are spatially separated; identifying operating conditions of the first advertising device; determining the status of the first advertising device based, at least in part, on the operating conditions; and transmitting a presentation including information indicating the status of the first advertising device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus, comprising:
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a receiver operable to receive wireless cellular signals encoding requests; a controller operable to process the requests, determine operating conditions of components associated with an advertising device in accordance with requests, and update operating conditions of the components of the advertising device in response to at least the requests including commands; a transmitter operable to transmit wireless cellular signals to a cellular network encoding the operating conditions of the components; and wherein the apparatus is assigned a cellular phone number and a network address. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. An article comprising a machine-readable medium storing instructions for causing data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
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receiving operation conditions from a plurality of advertising devices through an Internet Protocol (IP) network, wherein each of the plurality of advertising devices include cellular technology to wirelessly transmit operating conditions to and receive commands to update operating conditions from a cellular network; receiving a request to determine a status of a first of a plurality of advertising devices, wherein the advertising devices are spatially separated; identifying operating conditions of the first advertising device; determining the status of the first advertising device based, at least in part, on the operating conditions; and transmitting a presentation including information indicating the status of the first advertising device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method, comprising:
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identifying a command associated with a first of a plurality of advertising devices, wherein the command updates operating conditions of one or more components of the first advertising device; identifying a network address assigned to the first advertising device, wherein the network address is operable to route the command through an IP network to a cellular network such that the cellular network wirelessly transmits the command to the first advertising device using cellular technology; and transmitting the command to the first advertising device using the network address. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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