IoT Scriptlets for Cross-Platform Digital Signage Players
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Solution Overview
Problem
Digital signage systems face challenges in supporting heterogeneous media player systems with different hardware and operating systems, limiting their ability to deploy content management systems efficiently and flexibly across various devices.
Innovation Solution
A media player software system architecture that includes a platform abstraction layer, platform shim, and media player engine, allowing for device-agnostic content management and deployment across multiple operating systems, with features like check-in and heartbeat tasks for system health monitoring and content scheduling, and support for IoT device integration through scriptlets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a digital signage system uses heterogeneous media player systems with different hardware and operating systems, then the system can support more diverse display devices and platforms, but the complexity of managing and deploying content across these diverse systems increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a standardized media player interface and communication protocol as an intermediary layer between the content management system and heterogeneous media players. This interface includes standardized APIs for content delivery, device control, and status reporting, allowing the CMS to interact with all media players uniformly regardless of their underlying hardware or operating system differences
Solution Approach 2:
The media player interface is designed with universal functionality that can adapt to multiple device types and platforms. The standardized interface supports various display devices, operating systems, and hardware configurations through a common set of commands and data structures, enabling one CMS to manage diverse media players without requiring device-specific implementations
2Reliability
If the digital signage system implements comprehensive system health monitoring and content scheduling features, then the operational reliability and content delivery efficiency improve, but the software architecture complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple monitoring and control functions into integrated software modules within the media player. Health monitoring, content scheduling, and system management features are merged into a unified architecture that communicates through standardized interfaces with the CMS, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements automated feedback mechanisms where media players continuously report their health status, content playback state, and system metrics to the CMS. The CMS uses this feedback to automatically adjust content delivery, schedule maintenance tasks, and respond to device issues without manual intervention, improving reliability through closed-loop control
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system enables real-time content updates and IoT device integration through scriptlets, then the content management flexibility and functionality enhance, but the processing requirements and system resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a content pre-processing and caching mechanism where content is prepared, validated, and converted to optimized formats before delivery to media players. Scriptlets for IoT device integration are pre-compiled and cached on the media player, reducing real-time processing requirements and resource consumption during content playback and device interaction
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AI summary
Embodiments disclosed herein are related to a method that can include displaying first content on a media display, receiving first data generated from or determined by an Internet of Things (IoT) device, and displaying second content in response to receiving the first data from the IoT device.