Multi-redundant digital signage

A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause a computer to:

• receive, at a video server computer, at least one video and content from a content server;
• configure an operating system executing on the video server computer to present the content received from the content server as a desktop background for the video server computer;
• execute a video player application on the video server computer to display the at least one video on one or more digital displays connected to the video server computer;
• determine that execution of the video player application has failed;
• in response to determining that the execution of the video player application has failed, cause the desktop background to be presented on the one or more digital displays connected to the video server computer;
• and
• store the content in a non-volatile memory of the one or more digital displays, and wherein the one or more digital displays are configured to determine whether a video signal from the video server computer is present and, in response to determining that the video signal from the video server computer is not present, to display the content stored in the non-volatile memory on the desktop background as the display on the one or more digital displays connected to the video server computer.

A system comprising:

• a video server computer configured to
• receive video and content from a content server,
• configure an operating system executing on the video server computer to present the content received from the content server as a desktop background for the video server computer,
• execute a video player application on the video server computer to display the at least one video on one or more digital displays connected to the video server computer,
• determine that execution of the video player application has failed, and
• in response to determining that the execution of the video player application has failed, cause the desktop background to be presented on the one or more digital displays connected to the video server computer;
• and
• the one or more digital displays connected to the video server computer, the one or more digital displays configured to
• store the content in a non-volatile memory of the one or more digital displays,
• determine whether a video signal from the video server computer is present, and
• display the content stored in the non-volatile memory on the desktop background as the display on the one or more digital displays connected to the video server computer in response to determining that the video signal from the video server computer is not present.