Patent ID: 8890770

Claim:
A method of operating an electronic display, comprising the steps of providing a plurality of modules electrically connected to each other in a network such that each module is at least indirectly connected to each other one of the modules, and at least one of the modules is directly connected to at least four other ones of the modules; directly electrically connecting a first one of the modules to a controller; directly electrically connecting a second one of the modules to the controller; transmitting display data from the controller to each of the first module and the second module; transmitting the display data from the first module to every other one of the modules via the network; transmitting the display data from the second module to every other one of the modules via the network; using each of the modules to control activation of a respective plurality of lighting elements dependent upon the received display data; and using the first module to transmit directly to the controller an acknowledgement that the first module received the display data via the second module, wherein the acknowledgment comprises the display data.