Patent ID: 9578350
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A venue display system, comprising: a box; a D-Cinema server that communicates with the box and includes a processor that is part of a screen management system (SMS); a venue display management system configured to receive a plurality of recipient gifts including a modifiable portion and a non-modifiable portion, the recipient gifts being created by a client via a software development kit (SDK) and viewable by the client to see how each one of the recipient gifts is displayed, the client providing the recipient gifts to the venue display system and to a plurality of recipients, a recipient receiving a recipient gifts on an electronic device, the recipient gift including a video template provided either from the client or from the venue display system, wherein only the modifiable portion of the received recipient gift is modifiable by a recipient to create a modified recipient gift using control signals including text and image data, a modified recipient gift being transmitted by the electronic device to the D-Cinema server of the venue display system; a digital projector; a storage device, wherein the storage device includes one or more message, image, and video templates; wherein the venue display system provides a timeline of media content to be triggered; and wherein in response to a receipt of the modified recipient gift a validation process by the D-Cinema server determines if the modifiable portion of the modified recipient gift is in compliance with a standard of the venue display system; in response to a non-compliance of the modifiable portion, the venue display system notifies the client and the recipient of the non-compliance and allows the client or the recipient to make the modifiable portion to be in compliance with the standard; in the event that the modifiable portion is still not in compliance, a screening slot in a playlist that contains a sequence of composition playlists (CPLs) is not granted, or if previously granted is withdrawn and the screening slot is then available for another recipient gift, or the screening slot in the playlist is cancelled: including in the playlist one or more recipient gifts that are in compliance with the standard; creating the playlist by a member of the venue display staff using proprietary software that runs on the D-Cinema server; scheduling, by a transportation management system (TMS), appropriate venue display screen at the appropriate time to play the CPLs; accessing, by the processor at the venue display system, the CPLs; routing, by a box, located at the venue display system, metadata associated with a respective modified recipient gift, to the appropriate venue display screen at the appropriate time for playing the modified recipient gift; playing the plurality of recipient gifts on the venue display screen via a projector; determining, by the box, that a specific recipient gift fails to play by collecting and analyzing playback logs stored at the TMS; and notifying and reimbursing the client for the failed to play recipient gift.