Method and apparatus for displaying advertisements
AssigneeDigital Table Advertising, LLC.
InventorsSteven A. Landahl, Jason Wollin, Kolby Reumann, Robert Klingensmith, III
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Abstract
The holding apparatus having an embedded display device that is configured to display a plurality of advertisements in a secure manner for a pre-defined time interval. The holding apparatus comprises a bottom/middle section configured to hold one or more objects, and a plurality of holder sides disposed at each lower end of the bottom/middle section. The holding space is utilized for keeping objects, such as napkins, menu card. Further, a puck connected to a virtual mesh Wi-Fi network 114 connects to a private block chain and the display device to securely display advertisements on the display device of the holding apparatus.
Claims7
A holding apparatus for displaying advertisements, the holding apparatus comprising:
- a bottom/middle section for holding one or more objects;
- a plurality of holder sides disposed at each lower end of the bottom/middle section;
- a top/middle section;
- a battery housed within a battery compartment;
- and
- a screen back plate to providing support to a display device embedded within each of the plurality of holder sides, wherein the display device securely displays one or more advertisements for a pre-defined time interval, using a private blockchain network, the private blockchain network providing a cryptographically secure and authoritative source for operational data and procedural applications that execute a real-time display of the one or more advertisements with deterministic playback verification,
- wherein the deterministic playback verification comprises:
- (a) performing, prior to displaying an advertisement, an integrity check of a smart contract associated with the advertisement retrieved from the private blockchain network;
- and
- (b) executing, subsequent to displaying the advertisement, a blockchain transaction to immutably record the playback of the advertisement on the private blockchain network.
A method for securely displaying advertisements on a display device embedded within a holding apparatus, the method comprising:
- utilizing a private blockchain network as a cryptographically secure and authoritative source for operational data and procedural applications for executing a real-time display of one or more advertisements;
- performing, prior to displaying a first advertisement of the one or more advertisements, an integrity check of a smart contract associated with the first advertisement, the smart contract being retrieved from the private blockchain network;
- displaying the first advertisement on the display device subsequent to a successful integrity check;
- and
- executing, subsequent to displaying the first advertisement, a blockchain transaction to immutably record the playback of the first advertisement on the private blockchain network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.