Program sequencer for multi-display environment
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorRobert Andrew RHODES
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Abstract
Programmable media interfaces, methods and systems for programming a plurality of displays in a multiple display environment are described herein. The media interfaces, methods and systems include processors configured to program a sequence of broadcast content to the plurality of display devices, control pre-set or pre-programmed sequencing of the broadcast of the future content at times, and select particular displays in the plurality of displays to display portions of the broadcast content at the pre-set or pre-programmed times for future playing.
Claims16
A programmable media interface for programming a plurality of displays in a multiple display environment comprising a processor configured to:
- program a sequence of broadcast content to the plurality of display devices;
- control pre-set or pre-programmed sequencing of the broadcast of the future content at times;
- and
- select particular displays in the plurality of displays to display portions of the broadcast content at the pre-set or pre-programmed times for future playing.
A method of using a media interface which programs, with a processor in the media interface, a plurality of displays in a multiple display environment comprising:
- programming a sequence of broadcast content to the plurality of display devices;
- controlling pre-set or pre-programmed sequencing of the broadcast of the future content at times;
- and
- selecting particular displays in the plurality of displays to display portions of the broadcast content at the pre-set or pre-programmed times for future playing.
A system for managing an environment containing a plurality of displays, comprising:
- a modulator that modulates a transport stream input to the system on one of a plurality of frequencies to produce a modulated output signal;
- a splitter in communication with the modulator that splits the modulated output signal thereby producing one or more output modulated channels that carry broadcast content;
- a programmable media interface for programming the plurality of displays in the environment comprising a processor configured to:
- program a sequence of broadcast content to the plurality of display devices;
- control pre-set or pre-programmed sequencing of the broadcast of the future content at times;
- and
- selecting particular displays in the plurality of displays to display portions of the broadcast content at the pre-set or pre-programmed times for future playing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.