Patent ID: 8001418

Claim:
A method for correcting one or more faults in the electronic display functions of a digital system network, the network comprising one or a plurality of electronic displays, the method comprising the steps of: A) providing N networked media players, wherein each of the N networked media players is operatively connected to at least one corresponding electronic display, and wherein each display has at least two alternately selectable inputs, B) providing an additional (N+1) networked media player, wherein the N+1 player is operatively connected to each of the N networked media players and to each of the electronic displays, and wherein the N+1 player comprises video display screen reconfiguration software and media playlist reconfiguration software, C) monitoring each of the NMP's to detect a fault with respect to a specific NMP, wherein the fault affects a specific display, and D) with respect to the specific display, switching the display input from the faulted NMP to an alternately selected input, wherein the alternately selected input is the N+1 NMP.