Patent ID: 8589990

Claim:
A television demonstration arrangement configured to control a plurality of television sets physically arranged in a plurality of groups of television sets where a plurality of television content sources is selectively coupled to the plurality of television sets, and where at least two of the plurality of the television sets are arranged in a common area within the range of a conventional remote controller, comprising: one or more programmed processors configured to operate as a controller; the controller having a control interface adapted to receive user commands; the controller being programmed to carry out the following actions upon receipt of user commands entered into the control interface: select one or more television sets or groups of television sets while leaving others of the television sets or groups of television sets unselected based upon user selection of one or more television sets or groups of television sets from the control interface, and where the control interface displays a representation of the physical arrangement of the plurality of television sets; select one of the content sources for the selected one or more of the television sets or groups of television sets based upon user selection of the one of the content sources from the control interface; and send signals that cause the selected content sources to supply input signals to the selected one or more television sets or groups of television sets for display without affecting operation of the unselected television sets or groups of television sets.