Information distribution system for use in an elevator
AssigneeCaptivate Network, Inc.
InventorsTodd A. Newville, Shawn W. Duarte
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Abstract
A method of providing video information to a display monitor within an elevator located in a building, which includes receiving first data defining a category of video information, receiving second data, associated with the category of video information and defining at least one source of the video information; and retrieving from the source, over a data communications path and on the basis of the first data and the second data, the video information to be displayed on the monitor within the elevator.
Claims54
A method of providing video information to a display monitor within an elevator located in a building, the method comprising:
- receiving first data defining a category of video information, the first data being source non-specific;
- receiving second data, associated with the category of video information and defining at least one source of the video information;
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- retrieving from the source, over a data communications path, and on the basis of first data and second data, the video information to be displayed on the monitor with the elevator.
A method for providing video information to a display monitor within an elevator located in a building, the method comprising:
- creating a generic play list including categories of video information and time segments associated with each category of information;
- associating path information with the categories of information in the generic play list to create a content mapping file;
- requesting files accessing data sources using path information in the content mapping file;
- downloading requested files to build category file lists with pointers to files accessing the data sources in each category of video information;
- placing the categories in the category file lists into the time segments in the generic play list;
- filling the files in the category file lists into the categories in the generic play list to create a content play list;
- adding local building information to the content play list to create a local play list;
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- distributing the video information to the display monitor according to the local play list.
A method for providing video information to a display monitor within an elevator located in a building, the method comprising:
- creating a generic play list including categories of video information associated with each category of information;
- associating path information with the categories of information in the generic play list to create a content mapping file;
- requesting files accessing data sources using path information in the content mapping file;
- downloading requested files to build category file lists with pointers to files accessing the data sources in each category of video information, wherein the category file list includes status information for each downloaded file;
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- activating, deactivating or removing a file from a local building play list based on the status information in the category file list.
A system for providing video information to a display monitor within an elevator located in a building, the system comprising:
- an elevator display unit having a display monitor positioned within the elevator to display the video information to passengers within the elevator;
- a processor which retrieves, over a data communications path, the video information from a source, the processor retrieving the video information on the basis of first data defining a category of source non-specific video information and second data which defines a source of the video information defines and is associated with the category of video information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.