Systems and methods for remotely monitoring electronic displays

A system for remotely monitoring digital signage, said system comprising:

• a network of display assemblies, each having components including cooling fans, an electronic display comprising a backlight and a liquid crystal layer, sensors adapted to monitor, in substantially real time, operating conditions including at least one ambient temperature level, at least one internal temperature level for the display assembly, and at least one ambient light level at the display assembly, and a local, programmable controller adapted for communication over the internet, said controller in electronic communication with said sensors and operative electronic communication with said cooling fans, and the electronic display;
• at least one database having stored therein predetermined preferred performance parameters for said operating conditions, said cooling fans, and said electronic display for said network of display assemblies;
• at least one computer, remote from the display assemblies and in electronic communication with said controllers of said display assemblies by way of the internet, said computer comprising software instructions, which when executed, configure the at least one remote computer to, for each of the display assemblies, respectively:
• receive and store, in substantially real time, data representative of actual performance of said operating conditions from said sensors, and current operating conditions of said electronic display and said cooling fans in a co-located fashion;
• automatically analyze said actual performance data in comparison with said predetermined preferred performance parameters, using a microservices architecture, to determine if data from any one or more of the sensors, the electronic display, and said cooling fans differ from a respective one of the predetermined preferred performance parameters by at least a preset threshold difference;
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• if said preset threshold difference is determined to exist with regard to any one or more of the sensors, the electronic display, and said cooling fans, automatically send an electronic signal to said controller of a respective one of the display assemblies from which said actual performance data originated to adjust said actual performance of one or more of said components of the respective one of the display assemblies, including at least one of the cooling fans and the electronic display, thereby adjusting at least one of said operating conditions of the respective one of the display assemblies to more closely align with at least the respective one of said predetermined preferred performance parameters of the respective one of the display assemblies from which said actual performance data originated.

A system for remotely monitoring digital signage, said system comprising:

• at least one display assembly, having components including at least one cooling fan, at least one electronic display, and at least one sensor adapted to monitor, in substantially real time, at least one operating condition at said at least one display assembly, said at least one sensor including an accelerometer adapted to sense a physical impact incurred by said at least one display assembly;
• a programmable controller adapted for communication over the internet, said controller in electronic communication with said at least one sensor and at least one of said components;
• at least one database having stored therein one or more preferred performance data settings for said at least one operating condition;
• at least one remote computer in electronic communication with said controller, said computer comprising software instructions, which when executed, configure the at least one remote computer to:
• receive and store, in substantially real time, data representative of actual performance of said at least one operating condition, from said at least one sensor;
• automatically analyze said actual performance data in comparison with said preferred performance data settings to determine if they differ by at least a preset threshold difference;
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• if said preset threshold difference is determined to exist, automatically send an electronic signal to said controller to adjust operations of at least one of said components to more closely align said actual performance data with said preferred performance data settings, wherein said preset threshold difference includes a force at least 10% greater than all normal and customary forces experienced by said at least one display assembly.