Method for automating digital signage applications using intelligent self-configuring objects and smart templates

摘要

A digital signage content management system is provided that uses existing interfaces such as web interfaces and turns existing commercially available graphics programs such as web based tools or locally run programs such as Microsoft PowerPoint® into a digital signage platform to facilitate developing and managing digital signage applications through the creation of smart objects and intelligent templates that are easy to create and easy to modify to suit different applications. This enables digital signage content to be professionally created without requiring custom programming for each and every stream of new and/or changing content. The smart objects and intelligent templates can also be used to provide content with changing elements in real-time.

主权项

1. A method for generating objects for a digital display comprising:
enabling an object layout to be defined for presenting data within said object using an interface provided by an existing graphics program; enabling one or more data sources to be identified for obtaining said data; enabling behavior logic to be created for responding to changing inputs from said one or more data sources, said behavior logic being executable to self-configure a respective object to dynamically modify its output in response to at least one data trigger, without user intervention, said behavior logic interrelating said object with at least one other object to have an event related to said object trigger a change in said at least one other object; enabling said object to be stored in a library of objects with said at least one other object to enable said objects to be available to multiple applications; and enabling said object to be used with said at least one other object in digital display output by:
enabling said object to be added, with at least one other object from said library of objects, to a reusable template that inherits said data sources and said behavior logic to individually control said object in conjunction with said at least one other object within said template; andexecuting said behavior logic for said object, during use of the template in providing the digital display output.