Patent ID: 7476828

Claim:
A media microwave oven for storing and showing at least one advertising or instructional video at a workplace, each of the at least one video comprising a visual and an audio component, the oven comprising: a microwave oven, comprising a door; a display screen attached to the door for displaying the visual component of the at least one advertising or instructional video; a speaker for playing the audio component of the at least one advertising or instructional video; a lockable compartment containing a computer system, the lockable compartment preventing access to the computer system by viewers at the workplace, and the computer system comprising: a microprocessor and memory connected to the microprocessor; storage for the at least one advertising or instructional video in an electronic format; a first software component under control of the microprocessor for retrieving the at least one advertising or instructional video from the storage and transmitting the visual component of the at least one advertising or instructional video to the display screen and the audio component to the speaker; and a second software component under control of the microprocessor for managing a sequence and time of showing the at least one advertising or instructional video using the first software component, wherein the at least one advertising or instructional video is shown without directive input from the viewers.