Narrowcast media content distribution and display system with content biasing engine

A media content distribution and display system, comprising:

• a plurality of remote display devices for storing and displaying media content each having one or more attributes associated therewith that relate to characteristics of the media content, wherein each of the remote display devices includes:
• at least one electronic display,
• one or more target attributes associated with the remote display device that relate to environmental variables of the remote display device,
• a biasing engine for comparing the media content attributes with the target attributes, and for causing the electronic display to display only those of the media content having one or more of the attributes associated therewith that satisfy a predetermined matching criteria with respect to the one or more target attributes;
• and an electronic network connected to each of the plurality of remote devices for sending at least some the media content and the one or more attributes associated therewith from one of the remote display devices to another of the remote display devices, and
• a retrieval search engine that searches for and retrieves via the network any of the media content having attributes that satisfy the predetermined matching criteria but are not stored on the remote display device.

A media content distribution and display system, comprising:

• a central server for receiving and storing a plurality of media content, wherein each of the media content has one or more attributes associated therewith that relate to characteristics of the media content;
• an electronic network for communicating with the central server;
• and
• a plurality of remote display devices for receiving via the electronic network the media content from the central server, wherein each of the remote display devices includes:
• at least one electronic display, and
• one or more target attributes associated with the remote display device that relate to environmental variables of the remote display device;
• and
• at least one biasing engine, located at the central server, for comparing the media content attributes with the target attributes of the plurality of remote display devices, wherein for each one of the plurality of remote display devices, the biasing engine causes the electronic display to display only those of the media content having one or more of the attributes associated therewith that satisfy a predetermined matching criteria with respect to the one or more target attributes of the one remote display device.

A method of distributing and displaying media content on a distribution system having a central server that communicates with a plurality of remote display devices via an electronic network, each of the remote display devices including at least one electronic display and one or more target attributes associated therewith that relate to environmental variables of the remote display device, comprising the steps of:

• storing a plurality of media content on the central server, wherein each of the media content has one or more attributes associated therewith that relate to characteristics of the media content;
• and
• for each one of the plurality of remote display devices:
• comparing the media content attributes with the one or more target attributes, and
• displaying on the electronic display only those of the media content having one or more of the attributes associated therewith that satisfy a predetermined matching criteria with respect to the one or more target attributes, wherein the predetermined matching criteria includes whether any of the media content attributes match any of the target attributes.

A method of distributing and displaying media content on a distribution system having a plurality of remote display devices that communicate with each other via an Electronic network, each of the remote display devices including at least one electronic display, a local storage medium, and one or more target attributes associated therewith that relate to environmental variables of the remote display device, comprising the steps of:

• storing a plurality of media content on the local storage mediums, wherein each of the media content has one or more attributes associated therewith that relate to characteristics of the media content;
• and
• for each one of the plurality of remote display devices:
• comparing the media content attributes with the one or more target attributes,
• displaying on the electronic display only those of the media content having one or more of the attributes associated therewith that satisfy a predetermined matching criteria with respect to the one or more target attributes, and
• searching for and retrieving via the network any of the media content having attributes that satisfy the predetermined matching criteria but are not stored on the local storage medium.