Caddie Apparatus with Display Capabilities

A method for conveying content to patrons in an establishment, comprising:

• deploying a plurality of caddies at the establishment, wherein each of the plurality of caddies includes an electronic display and at least one compartment for storing items for use by patrons;
• obtaining, by a content server located remotely from the establishment, content from at least one third party, wherein the content comprises advertisements corresponding to at least one item sold by the establishment;
• and
• transmitting, by the content server, the content to the plurality of caddies via a network according to at least one predetermined time interval allocated by the content server to the at least one third party.

A system for conveying content to patrons in an establishment, comprising:

• a plurality of caddies located in the establishment, wherein each of the caddies comprises a touchscreen display unit;
• and
• a content server controlled by the establishment and communicatively coupled to each of the caddies via a network, the content server being configured to transmit content to each of the caddies to be rendered for display on the touchscreen display units responsive to input obtained from the patrons,
• wherein the content server is further configured to obtain the content from at least one third party to be rendered for display on the display units of the caddies, and wherein the content server controls transmission of the content obtained from the at least one third party to each the caddies.