Patent ID: 8370753

Claim:
A non-transitory medium containing a content generation node in a digital signage network for generating content for a downstream display node, the content generation node comprising: a subscription handler for receiving content subscription requests from the downstream display node; a content selector for selecting content available to the content generation node for distribution to the downstream display node in accordance with the received subscription request, wherein said content selected includes content of a first data type organized as a plurality of unflattened layers configured to be flattened upon receipt by the downstream display node, and wherein said content includes content of a second data type representing live data values configured to be bound to corresponding said unflattened layers as they are flattened by the downstream display node; and a network interface for pushing the selected content to the downstream display node; wherein a portion of said unflattened layers define a virtual three-dimensional object having a plurality of sides; wherein said live data values are grouped into a plurality of elements, and wherein each said element corresponds to one of said plurality of sides of said object; wherein a first element corresponds to a temperature value, a second element corresponds to an expected high temperature, a third elements corresponds to an expected low temperature, and a fourth element corresponds to a humidity value; and wherein said content selected further includes content of a third data type representing rendering criteria including an angle and a speed of rotation of said virtual three-dimensional object.