Systems, methods, and devices for dynamic management of data streams updating displays

A method of displaying an image on a subset of an array of a plurality of connected displays to which a user computer is also connected, comprising:

• determining which of one or more connected displays, chosen from the plurality of displays connected to the user computer, should be sent updated image data;
• establishing communication between the one or more connected displays and an image data source remote from the user computer;
• receiving the updated image data at the one or more connected displays over the direct connections between the one or more displays and the image data source;
• and
• updating the one or more connected displays with the updated image data.

A method of presenting data from a user computer to a subset of two or more connected displays to which the user computer is also connected, comprising:

• determining which one or more connected displays, chosen from among the two or more connected displays, should receive updated display data from the user computer;
• establishing a connection between the user computer and each of the one or more connected displays;
• when data is generated at the user computer that affects display, receiving that display update only at the one or more connected displays;
• and
• when communicated data is received at the one or more connected displays, updating the one or more connected displays based on that data;
• wherein determining which one or more connected displays should receive updated display data is performed by a workstation that is coupled to the one or more connected displays and the user computer.

A computer-implemented method of brokering media communications between computing devices, the method comprising:

• receiving media with a control node from a media source device over a network, the control node comprising computer hardware;
• transmitting the media from the control node to a destination computing device over the network;
• and
• programmatically providing network connectivity data from the control node to one or more of the destination computing device and the media source device, the network connectivity data operative to allow the destination computing device and the media source device to communicate without passing all communication through the control node.