| 摘要 |
Certain aspects direct to a system for installing an operating system to a signage device from a flash memory of the signage device. In certain embodiments, the flash memory has a non-bootable partition, which stores a plurality of operating system images and an installer program. When booting the signage device, a boot program detects that no bootable device exists, and executes the installer program. The installer program receives a user input indicating one of the operating system images as a selected operating system image. Then, the installer program creates a partition in the flash memory, installs a copy of the selected operating system image in the partition as a bootable operating system, and configures the partition as the bootable device. Thus, when the signage device reboots, the boot program may detect the partition as the bootable device, and executes the bootable operating system. |
| 主权项 |
1. A system comprising:
a signage device comprising a processor and an electronic non-volatile computer storage device having a first partition; and a management server, configured to send information solicited by the signage device to the signage device only in response to receiving request for the information by the signage device and send only the solicited information to the signage device, wherein the first partition stores a plurality of operating system images, a computer-executable boot program, and a computer-executable installer program; wherein the boot program, when executed at the processor, is configured to
detect a bootable device of the signage device,when the bootable device does not have an active partition with a bootable operating system, execute the installer program at the processor to load an operating system, andwhen the bootable device has an active partition with a bootable operating system, mount the bootable device, and execute the bootable operating system stored in the bootable device; and wherein the installer program, when executed at the processor, is configured to
receive a user input indicating one of the operating system images as a selected operating system image to be installed on the signage device,create a second partition in the electronic non-volatile computer storage device,install a copy of the selected operating system image in the second partition as the bootable operating system for the signage device, andconfigure the second partition as the bootable device for the signage device; wherein the bootable operating system comprises a computer-executable program, when executed at the processor, configured to
receive resources appropriate for the signage device from the management server, wherein the resources comprises a device control module (DCM); andin response to receiving the resources from the management server, install the resources, comprising the DCM, on the signage device, wherein the DCM, when installed on the signage device and executed at the processor, is configured to transmit system identifying information relating to the signage device to the management server. |
