Patent ID: 8922458

Claim:
A display, comprising: a plurality of pixel modules arranged in a plurality of segments, each of the plurality of segments including one pixel module of a first type and an associated group of pixel modules of a second type, the pixel module of the first type in a segment comprising: a module housing; a plurality of LEDs mounted in the housing; and a controller within the module housing configured to receive a data stream from a pixel module of the first type in an adjacent segment, the controller being configured to extract from the received data stream certain data for controlling the LEDs of its pixel module and certain data for the pixel modules of the second type associated with the pixel module of the first type, and the controller being configured to send at least a portion of the received data stream to three other pixel modules of the first type in three other corresponding adjacent segments, the controller being configured to send the certain data for the pixel modules of the second type associated with the pixel module of the first type to the pixel modules of the second type associated with the pixel module.