American Megatrends, Inc.

Advoli Limited

Other

American Megatrends International, LLC

Clas Gerhard Sivertsen

Kayalvizhi Dhandapani

Charles Patrick Hanes

Brian Richardson

Faycal Guennar

Paal Fure Torkehagen

Jay Pancholi

Umasankar Mondal

Shibu Abraham

Renaud Marc Sauvain

Craig Cameron Scott

James Brian Richardson

Anthony John De Santis

James K Hill, Jr

A display system includes a network video transmitter with a video input, being placed in a minimalist chassis system, and communicatively connected to a power supply of the minimalist chassis system located in a secure area (SA). A network video receiver with a video output is located in a public area (PA), and communicatively connected to a display device. A network cable connects the network video transmitter to the network video receiver. The network cable transmits the video signal from the network video transmitter to the network video receiver and transmits power between the network video transmitter and the network video receiver, and the network cable has power conductors capable of carrying the power. The power supply is configured to provide power to both the network video transmitter and the network video receiver, and no power supply is required in the PA.

Network video transmitter and receiver display system with auto-adjustable power and remote host wakeup

A dual touchpad system is provided. The dual touchpad system includes a first touchpad and a second touchpad. The dual touchpad system also includes an input detection unit coupled to the first and second touchpads and configured to monitor the first and second touchpads for user contact thereon. The dual touchpad system also includes a gesture recognition unit configured to control an electronic device in response to receiving input from the input detection unit indicative of detected contact on the first and/or second touchpads to control the electronic device. The first touchpad is spaced apart from and is non-concentric with the second touchpad in embodiments.

Dual touchpad system

A video card is disclosed. The video card includes a PCI card, an MXM connector and a LAN converter. The mobile PCI express module ('MXM') connector is mounted on the PCI card and adapted to physically receive an MXM card having a GPU and to electronically receive a video signal from the GPU. The local area network video converter is mounted on the PCI card for receiving the video signal from the MXM connector and for converting the video signal to a signal suitable for transmission on a local area network ('LAN') cable.

System for implementing MXM on a PCI card

A display system for connecting a computer to a display having EDID information. The display system includes a graphics card and an adapter. The graphics card is in communication with the computer and includes: a graphics processor; a graphics card controller coupled to the graphics processor; and a memory coupled to the graphics card controller and the graphics processor. The adapter has an adapter controller, the adapter coupled to the display and coupled to the graphics card, wherein the graphics card controller is configured to query the EDID information from the display and store the EDID information as emulated EDID information in the memory and further wherein the graphics processor reads the emulated EDID information from the memory rather than from the display.

Display system for an array of video displays

A virtual disk carousel is provided that is capable of creating disk images from optical disks and storing the disk images. The virtual disk carousel includes a bridge device configured to expose disk images stored at the virtual disk carousel to a computer by way of a standard storage device. When the computer performs read requests on the standard storage device exposed by the bridge device, the bridge device receives the requests from the computer, retrieves the appropriate portion of the disk image from the virtual disk carousel, and provides the portion of the disk image to the computer. The bridge device might also include a display and user input controls for managing the operation of the bridge device. The virtual disk carousel might also provide a user interface for managing the disk images, selecting a disk image to be exposed to the computer, and for performing other functions.

Virtual disk carousel

Certain aspects relate to systems and methods for processing payments to trigger release of digital media content for display on digital signage devices. In certain embodiments, a management server receives a user input about payment remittance information relating to an advertising campaign, which includes media content stored at the management server. The management server then transmits the payment remittance information to an associated financial institution for processing. When the financial institution sends back a confirmation that the payment remittance has been processed, the management server updates the advertising campaign to reflect the confirmation. Upon receiving a request for advertising campaign information relating to the advertising campaign from a signage device, the management server transmits the advertising campaign information to the signage device such that the signage device may confirm the payment remittance related to the advertising campaign information, and display the media content on the signage device.

Systems and methods for processing payments to trigger release of digital advertising campaigns for display on digital signage devices

A method for transmitting control systems over twisted pair cabling. The method includes: receiving a first single-ended transmission signal; converting the first single-ended transmission signal to a first differential transmission signal; transmitting the first differential transmission signal over a first two pairs of wires via a common mode of a transformer; receiving a first differential reception signal over a second two pairs of wires via the common mode of the transformer; and converting the first differential reception signal to a first single-ended reception signal.

System for transmitting control signals over twisted pair cabling using common mode of transformer

A proximity-based input device is disclosed. The proximity-based input device may include a display device, a detection surface, an input detection unit, and a processor. The input detection unit detects the presence of a target in proximity to the detection surface and generates a corresponding proximity signal. The input detection unit also detects contact on the detection surface and any movement or breakage in movement of the contact, and generates a corresponding touch signal. The processor may display an object on the display device, displays a virtual image of the target in proximity to the detection surface on the display device with reference to the proximity signal, highlights the object on the display device in response to the virtual image of the target overlapping the object, and selects the object in response to receiving the touch signal from the input detection unit when the object is highlighted.

Proximity-based input device

A touchless controller includes output pins corresponding to detected touchless gestures. The touchless controller may include a memory that stores a gesture table that associates gestures respectively with the output pins, a proximity sensor that detects the presence of a target in proximity thereto and generates a corresponding detection signal, a gesture recognition unit, and an output controller. The gesture recognition unit is configured to determine the gesture that the detection signal corresponds to. The output controller is configured to determine the output pin that the determined gesture corresponds to by referencing the gesture table stored in the memory. The output controller then controls the state of the output pin according to the determined gesture.

Touchless controller with configurable output pins

A wall mount system is disclosed. The wall mount system can include a wall plate and one or more brackets. To secure a display to a wall, the brackets are affixed to the display and the wall plate is affixed to the wall. The brackets can include one or more lips couplable to tracks of the wall plate. The brackets further include a rotatable securement device having a lip couplable to the bottom track of the wall plate. The securement device can be manipulated using a lever that has one end rotatably coupled to the securement device and one end distal from the securement device. The distal end extends to a position proximate to the bottom rear of a display. When manipulated in a direction towards the securement device, the lever rotates and decouples the securement device.

Wall mount system with brackets coupled to wall plate track by rotatable securement device

Certain aspects direct to systems and methods for distributing segmented media content to digital signage devices in a private network. In certain embodiments, the system includes a Media Content Distribution System (MCDS). Upon receiving an instruction to distribute an item of media content, the MCDS retrieves and segments the item from a storage server, and stores the segments in the storage server. When a first digital signage device requests for a segment, the MCDS transmits a storage link of the requested segment to the first digital signage device. Thus, the first digital signage device may retrieve the requested segment from the storage server, and send an address identifying a storage location of the requested segment stored in the private network back to the MCDS. When a second digital signage device also requests for the same segment, the MCDS transmits the address to the second digital signage device.

Systems and methods for distributing segmented media content to signage devices in private networks

Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for media content management and deployment. A data store stores available timeslot information data and signage device information data. A demographic information server obtains observation demographic data; generates, based on the observation demographic data, prediction demographic data; receives a demographic request; examines the prediction demographic data; and returns locations and future timeslots that have the predicted demographics satisfying the demographic request. A deployment module obtains campaign parameters for building a campaign and including time parameters, location parameters, and demographic parameters; requests the demographic information server to obtain locations and future timeslots satisfying the demographic parameters; and examines the signage device information data and the available timeslot information data to select candidate timeslots and signage devices.

Media content management and deployment system

In certain aspects, a media content management and deployment system is provided. A data store stores data specifying available timeslots and locations of signage devices. A front end server sends a user input interface to a remote computing device. The user input interface receives campaign parameters from a user for building a campaign. A deployment module receives the campaign parameters, and examines data in the data store to select candidate signage devices and candidate timeslots of the candidate signage devices from the available timeslots. The user input interface then obtains and displays the candidate timeslots of candidate signage devices for displaying media content, and receives an instruction from the user to claim all of the candidate timeslots for the campaign. Upon receiving a request to claim all of the candidate timeslots, the deployment module generates campaign deployment plan data including data specifying the candidate timeslots and the candidate signage devices.

Techniques of claiming all available timeslots in media content management and deployment system

In certain aspects, a media content management and deployment system is provided. A data store stores content metadata associated with media content items and specifying a target demographic of each of the media content items. A demographic information server obtains first demographic data specifying a first demographic in a first timeslot at a location of a first signage device, predicts a second demographic in a second timeslot at the location based on the first demographic data, wherein the second timeslot is subsequent to the first timeslot, and generates second demographic data specifying the second demographic. When a deployment module obtains the second demographic data, the deployment module compares the content metadata with the second demographic data, selects a media content item from the plurality of media content items based on the comparison, and sends a media item identification identifying the selected media content to the first signage device.

Automatic assignment of media content items to digital signage device based on comparison between demographic information collected at digital signage device and media content metadata

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Lilburn, GA, United States of America

Clas Gerhard Sivertsen