Patent ID: 7657402

Claim:
A method of communicating with, and receiving data representative of equipment state and status from, presentation components in theatres, said method comprising the steps of: receiving and storing data representative of equipment status in a central computer storage unit; transmitting data representative of equipment status from each of a plurality of remote computer storage units coupled to said central computer storage unit; receiving data representative of equipment status at each remote computer storage unit from a plurality of presentation components associated with a plurality of theatres; providing a job scheduling report that includes data regarding complete instances of jobs scheduled to play at shows at a first set of the plurality of theatres, and data regarding incomplete instances of jobs scheduled to play at shows at a second set of the plurality of theatres; and providing fault data regarding a type of fault in connection with each incomplete instance of a job not played at a show in connection with each of the second set of the plurality of theatres, said fault data including information regarding one of a plurality of types of faults associated with each of the second set of the plurality of theatres.