Patent ID: 9270627
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A messaging system, comprising: a plurality of messaging units disposed at different locations within a space, each of said messaging units including at least one light source; at least one messaging/modulation controller coupled to the light sources and configured to turn the light sources on and off so as to broadcast input digital messages; a central server coupled to the at least one messaging/modulation controller and configured to selectively provide messages to said at least one messaging/modulation controller for broadcast by different ones of said messaging units; and an associate device coupled to the central server and configured to: (a) display a user interface for manually inputting information about individuals within the space and (b) provide said information to the central server, wherein the central server selects messages to be broadcast by individual ones of the messaging units based on the information received from said associate device.