Display hub for classrooms

1. An audio and video control device comprising:

a Wi-Fi transceiver;

a video output;

an audio output;

a paging input; and

a controller electronically coupled with the paging input, the Wi-Fi transceiver, the video output, and the audio output, the controller configured to:

wirelessly communicate with one or more local electronic devices through the Wi-Fi transceiver;

wirelessly communicate with the Internet through a router;

receive first video data from a first Internet network location through the Wi-Fi transceiver;

provide at least a portion of the first video data to a video display through the video output;

output at least a portion of an audio portion of the first video data via the audio output;

receive instructions from one of the one or more local electronic devices through the Wi-Fi transceiver;

receive a paging signal via the paging input;

pause the video output in response to the paging signal; and

output the paging signal via the audio output without the audio portion of the first video data.

2. The audio and video control device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more local electronic devices are selected from the group consisting of a computer, a tablet, and a smartphone.

3. The audio and video control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second Wi-Fi transceiver, wherein the Wi-Fi transceiver is configured to operate in an ad hoc mode and the second Wi-Fi transceiver is configured to operate in an infrastructure mode.

4. The audio and video control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a microphone input, wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive audio data through the microphone input;

mix the audio data and the audio portion of the first video data; and

output the mixed audio data via the audio output.

5. The audio and video control device according to claim 4 , wherein the microphone input comprises a Bluetooth transceiver.

6. The audio and video control device according to claim 1 ,

further comprising a second Wi-Fi transceiver, wherein the controller is further configured to:

wirelessly communicate with the one or more local electronic devices through the first Wi-Fi transceiver;

receive the first video data from the first Internet network location through the second Wi-Fi transceiver; and

receive instructions from one of the one or more local electronic devices through the first Wi-Fi transceiver.

7. The audio and video control device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:

receive instructions from one of the one or more local electronic devices through the Wi-Fi transceiver instructing the audio and video control device to switch the video output to a second video data located at a second Internet network location;

receive at least a portion of the second video data from the second Internet network location through the Wi-Fi transceiver; and

provide at least a portion of the second video data to the video display through the video output.

8. The audio and video control device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:

receive instructions from one of the one or more local electronic devices through the Wi-Fi transceiver instructing the audio and video control device to switch the video output to the second video data from at least one of the local devices;

receive at least a portion of the second video data from at least one of the local devices; and

provide at least a portion of the second video data to the video display through the video output.

9. A method comprising:

broadcasting a Wi-Fi signal from a Wi-Fi transceiver;

receiving first video data through the Wi-Fi transceiver;

receiving first control instructions through the Wi-Fi transceiver;

outputting the first video data in response to the first control instructions;

receiving a paging input signal via a paging input;

pausing the first video data in response to the paging signal; and

outputting the paging signal via the audio output without an audio portion of the first video data.

10. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

receiving second video data through the Wi-Fi transceiver;

receiving second control instructions through the Wi-Fi transceiver; and

outputting the second video data in response to the second control instructions.

11. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

receiving second video data through the Wi-Fi transceiver;

receiving second control instructions through the Wi-Fi transceiver; and

outputting the second video data in response to the second control instructions.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the Wi-Fi transceiver operates in an ad hoc mode.

13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the Wi-Fi transceiver operates in an infrastructure mode.

14. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first control instructions are received from local electronic devices selected from the group consisting of a computer, a tablet, and a smartphone.

15. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

outputting an audio portion of the first video data to one or more speakers;

receiving audio data through a microphone input;

mixing the audio data and the audio portion of the first video data; and

outputting the mixed audio data to the one or more speakers.

16. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

broadcasting a first wireless Internet signal from the Wi-Fi transceiver;

broadcasting a second wireless Internet signal from a second Wi-Fi transceiver;

receiving first video data through the second Wi-Fi transceiver;

receiving first control instructions through the first Wi-Fi transceiver; and

outputting the first video data in response to the first control instructions.

17. An audio and video control device comprising:

a Wi-Fi transceiver;

a paging input;

an IR blaster;

a Bluetooth transceiver;

a microphone input;

an HDMI input;

a video output;

an audio output; and

a controller electronically coupled with the Wi-Fi transceiver, the paging input, the Bluetooth® transceiver, the microphone input, the HDMI input, the IR blaster, the video output, and the audio output, wherein the controller is configured to:

receive a video signal from at least one of the Wi-Fi transceiver and the HDMI input;

output at least a portion of the video signal through the video output;

output at least a portion of an audio portion of the video signal through the audio output;

receive audio data from the microphone input;

output the audio data through the audio outputs;

receive a paging signal via the paging input;

pause the video output in response to the paging signal; and

output the paging signal via the audio output without the audio portion of the microphone input and without the audio portion of the first video data.

18. The audio and video control device according to claim 17 , further comprising at least one of an IR output, an Ethernet connection, and/or a paging input.

19. The audio and video control device according to claim 17 , wherein the Wi-Fi transceiver comprises a first Wi-Fi transceiver and a second Wi-Fi transceiver, with the controller further configured to receive a video signal from at least one of the first Wi-Fi transceiver, the second Wi-Fi transceiver, and the HDMI input.