System permitting the display of video or still image content on selected displays of an electronic display network according to customer dictates
AssigneeNOVUS Partners LLC
InventorCharles Eric Hunter
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Abstract
Commercial advertisers, such as consumer product companies and the advertising agents that represent them, directly access a network of thousands of large, high resolution electronic displays located in high traffic areas and directly send their own advertisements electronically to the network to be displayed at locations and times selected by the advertisers. In another application, operators of digital movie theaters have ongoing, continuous access to tens of thousands of movies that can be ordered in digital form for display on selected screens at their theaters at selected times.
Claims13
A system permitting video or still image content to be displayed on selected ones of multiple electronic displays at selected times according to the dictates of system customers, said system comprising:
- a network connecting to a plurality of electronic displays;
- at least one central information processing station including:
- a customer interface permitting system customers to access the system;
- means permitting system customers to review options concerning their orders;
- means permitting a system customer to place an order for a particular video or still image content to be displayed on a particular electronic display of the network;
- means for transmitting customer-ordered video or still image content to the customer-selected electronic display location;
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- means for driving each electronic display to display customer-ordered video or still image content.
A system for the distribution of movies owned by content providers and for display of the movies in digital movie theaters according to the dictates of movie theater operators who are the customers of the system, said system comprising:
- a network connecting to a plurality of electronic movie display devices located in movie theaters;
- at least one central information processing station including:
- a customer interface permitting system customers to access the system;
- means permitting a system customer to review movies that are available in digital form to the customer;
- means permitting a system customer to schedule and purchase a movie for display on a particular electronic movie display device located at the customer's movie theater;
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- means for transmitting a customer-ordered movie in digital form to the customer's movie theater location.
A method for distribution of movies owned by content providers and for display of the movies in digital movie theaters according to the dictates of movie theater operators who are the customers, said method comprising the steps of:
- permitting customers to review movies that are available in digital form to the customers;
- permitting a customer to schedule and purchase a movie for display on a particular electronic movie display device located at the customer's movie theater;
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- transmitting a customer-ordered movie in digital form to the customer's movie theater location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.