Presenting backup content
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsKent E Biggs, Robert Joseph Rosenberry, Michael A Provencher
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Abstract
Techniques that relate to selecting content for playback are disclosed in various implementations. The techniques may include receiving, at a computing device and from a primary electronic content source, a first input signal for playback by a presentation device. The techniques may also include analyzing information that is indicative of content represented by the first input signal to determine whether the first input signal is intended for playback by the presentation device. The techniques may also include causing the presentation device to play back a second input signal from a backup electronic content source in response to determining that the first input signal is not intended for playback by the presentation device.
Claims17
A method for selecting content for playback, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a computing device and from a primary electronic content source, a first input signal for playback by a presentation device;
- analyzing, using the computing device, information that is indicative of content represented by the first input signal to determine whether the first input signal is intended for playback by the presentation device
- wherein analyzing information that is indicative of content represented by the first input signal comprises comparing metadata located in a file along with the first input signal to expected metadata, and determining that the first input signal is not intended for playback by the presentation device if the metadata associated with the first input signal is different from the expected metadata;
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- in response to determining that the first input signal is not intended for playback by the presentation device due to unexpected metadata being associated with the first input signal, causing, by the computing device, the presentation device to play back a second input signal from a backup electronic content source that is different from the primary electronic content source.
A system comprising;
- a display device to present content received from one of a plurality of sources;
- a first content source to provide first content for presentation by the display device:
- a second content source to provide second content for presentation by the display device, wherein the second content source is different from the first content source;
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- a controller that causes the first content to be presented by the display device if the first content is intended for presentation by the display device, and causes the second content to be presented by the display device if the first content is not intended for presentation by the display device due to unexpected metadata being associated with the first content
- wherein the controller, in response to determining that the first content is not intended for display, causes information associated with the first content to be stored.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- receive, at a computing device, first content from a first content source for display on a digital signage device;
- detect, at the computing device, a failure condition present in the first content or the first content source, wherein the failure condition comprises unexpected metadata associated with the first content and causes unintended content to be displayed on the digital signage device;
- in response to detecting the failure condition, cause, at the computing device, information associated with the first content to be stored;
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- in response to detecting the failure condition, cause, from the computing device, the digital signage device to display second content from a second content source that is different from the first content source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.