Patent ID: 8589232

Claim:
A method of utilizing an existing network of interconnected computers at an establishment for advertising, comprising the steps of: a) providing an existing network of interconnected computers in data communication with a server for supplying establishment-specific information; b) coupling a multi-screened monitor unit to a corresponding computer of said network, said monitor unit having an agent side screen and at least one oppositely facing client side screen disposed on a common surface, a single video input port from a video graphics array (VGA) data port of said coupled computer, and a single input port from a universal serial bus (USB) data port of said coupled computer; c) installing a dedicated software module in each of said one or more of said computers, for generating advertisement images, for allowing interfacing operations with said coupled monitor unit, and for selectively directing information received from said server; d) enabling said server to access a database in which is stored a plurality of advertisement software packages; e) retrieving an advertisement software package from said database according to predetermined establishment related selection rules; f) transmitting said selected software package, together with said establishment specific information, to a target computer; g) generating an advertisement image from said selected software package; and h) displaying, said advertisement image during a dual mode on a client side screen of the monitor unit associated with said target computer via said single USB input port while the agent interfaces with, and views other images on the agent side screen of said monitor unit associated with said establishment-specific information via said single VGA input port, wherein the agent selects a desired mode of said multi-screened monitor unit, including said dual mode, in an agent only mode whereby images are viewable on the agent side screen but not on the at least one client side screen, and a uniform mode whereby the agent side screen and the at least one client side screen display the same images associated with said establishment-specific information.