Information distribution for use in an elevator
View Patent ↗A method of providing video information to a display monitor within an elevator located in a building, which includes receiving first data defining a category of video information, receiving second data, associated with the category of video information and defining at least one source of the video information; and retrieving from the source, over a data communications path and on the basis of the first data and the second data, the video information to be displayed on the monitor within the elevator.
1. A manufacture comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having encoded thereon software for displaying an image on a display in an elevator cab, the software including instructions for:
inspecting a playlist having first data leading to first information to be displayed, the playlist including category information identifying a plurality of categories of information to be displayed, the playlist further including a first pointer leading to information classified in a first category and a second pointer leading to information classified in a second category that differs from the first category;
on the basis of the first data, retrieving the first information;
assembling second data, the second data being representative of the image that includes the first information; and
providing the image to the display.
2. The manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the instructions for inspecting the playlist comprise instructions for determining, on the basis of the first data, an address from which the first information is to be retrieved.
3. The manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the instructions for assembling second data comprise instructions for merging the first information with second information to be displayed concurrently with the first information.
4. The manufacture of claim 3 , wherein the software further comprises instructions for selecting the first information to be an advertisement and the second information to be real time general information.
5. The manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the first data comprises a pointer to an internet address.
6. The manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the first data comprises a pointer to data stored in a local area network.
7. The manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the software further comprises instructions for inspecting third data indicating when the first information is to be displayed, and wherein the instructions for providing the image to each display comprise instructions for providing the image at a time consistent with the third data.
8. The manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the first data comprises category information identifying a category to which the first information belongs.
9. A manufacture comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having encoded thereon software for displaying an image on a display in an elevator cab, the software including instructions for:
inspecting a playlist having first data leading to first information to be displayed, the playlist including category information identifying a plurality of categories of information to be displayed, and further including a first pointer leading to information classified in a first category and a second pointer leading to information classified in a second category that differs from the first category; and
on the basis of the first data, retrieving the first information for display in the elevator cab.
10. The manufacture of claim 9 , wherein the software further comprises instructions for assembling second data, the second data being representative of an image that includes the first information.
11. The manufacture of claim 9 , wherein the instructions for inspecting the playlist comprise instructions for determining, on the basis of the first data, an address from which the first information is to be retrieved.
12. The manufacture of claim 10 , wherein the instructions for assembling second data comprise instructions for merging the first information with second information to be displayed concurrently with the first information.
13. The manufacture of claim 12 , wherein the software further comprises instructions for selecting the first information to be an advertisement and the second information to be real time general information.
14. The manufacture of claim 9 , wherein the first data comprises a pointer to an internet address.
15. The manufacture of claim 9 , wherein the software further comprises instructions for inspecting scheduling data indicating when the first information is to be displayed, and wherein the instructions for providing the image to each display comprise instructions for providing the image at a time consistent with the scheduling data.
16. The manufacture of claim 9 , wherein the software further comprises instructions for locally caching the first information.
17. The manufacture of claim 9 , wherein the first data comprises category information identifying a category to which the first information belongs.
18. A system for displaying an image in a display in an elevator cab, the system comprising:
an interface to the display; a processor for causing the interface to provide the display with the image;
a computer-readable medium in data communication with the processor, the computer-readable medium having encoded thereon instructions for causing the processor to:
inspect a playlist having first data leading to first information to be displayed, the playlist including category information identifying a plurality of categories of information to be displayed, the playlist further including a first pointer leading to information classified in a first category and a second pointer leading to information classified in a second category that differs from the first category;
on the basis of the first data, retrieve the first information;
assemble second data, the second data being representative of the image that includes the first information;
and provide the image to the display.
19. A system for displaying an image in a display in an elevator cab, the system comprising:
an interface to the display; a processor for causing the interface to provide the display with the image;
a computer-readable medium in data communication with the processor, the computer-readable medium having encoded thereon instructions for causing the processor to:
inspect a playlist having first data leading to first information to be displayed, the playlist including category information identifying a plurality of categories of information to be displayed, and further including a first pointer leading to information classified in a first category and a second pointer leading to information classified in a second category that differs from the first category; and
on the basis of the first data, retrieve the first information for display in the elevator cab.