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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2013
American Megatrends, Inc., Norcross, GA (US);
Clas Gerhard Sivertsen, Lilburn, GA (US);
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC., Norcross, GA (US);
Abstract
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.