Patents Assigned to Captivate Network, Inc.
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Patent number: 8295857Abstract: A communication system for providing high-speed wireless access to mobile processing systems a stationary transceiver defining an information portal in its immediate vicinity. A local server in communication with this stationary transceiver is configured to respond to a mobile processing-system present within the information portal.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2011Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Captivate Network, Inc.Inventor: Todd A. Newville
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Publication number: 20100044161Abstract: The invention features a system for displaying video information to passengers of an elevator in accordance with a play list defining a sequence of messages. The video information messages can include combinations of digital advertising, “real-time” general information, as well as, building-related information. The system includes an elevator display unit having a display monitor for displaying video information to the passengers, and a local server which, receives scheduling information associated with the video information over a data communication path and, in accordance with the scheduling information, generates a play list used to display at the elevator display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: Captivate Network Inc.Inventors: Michael J. DiFranza, Todd A. Newville
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Patent number: 6962240Abstract: A system for displaying content includes a display visible to viewers present in a viewing zone and an occupancy detector for providing occupancy data indicative of how many viewers are present in the viewing zone. A processing system associates this occupancy data with content provided on the display.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2004Date of Patent: November 8, 2005Assignee: Captivate Network, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. DiFranza, Todd A. Newville
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Publication number: 20040222047Abstract: The invention features a system for displaying video information to passengers of an elevator in accordance with a play list defining a sequence of messages. The video information messages can include combinations of digital advertising, “real-time” general information, as well as, building-related information. The system includes an elevator display unit having a display monitor for displaying video information to the passengers, and a local server which, receives scheduling information associated with the video information over a data communication path and, in accordance with the scheduling information, generates a play list used to display at the elevator display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2004Publication date: November 11, 2004Applicant: Captivate Network, Inc., a Delaware corporationInventors: Michael J. DiFranza, Todd A. Newville
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Publication number: 20040055830Abstract: A display apparatus within elevator cabs or elevator waiting areas that facilitates the simultaneous display of advertising and general news information is described. Broadcast from a remote control center, advertising and general news information updates are transmitted to, and stored in a server located within a building and then forwarded to a display memory and subsequently displayed on a monitor according to a remotely modifiable program schedule. The display is updated such that it contains a copy of the latest broadcast schedule, as well as the advertisement and information programming, and automatically displays a days program according to the most current broadcast schedule. The display units as well as the building server are each individually addressable thus allowing groups of displays to be simultaneously updated from a remote centralized location with information such as news updates, customized advertising information and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2003Publication date: March 25, 2004Applicant: Captivate Network, Inc. a Massachusetts corporationInventors: Stephen D. Amo, Dean L. Lacheur, Neil S. Lacheur
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Publication number: 20030209392Abstract: The invention features a system for displaying video information to passengers of an elevator in accordance with a play list defining a sequence of messages. The video information messages can include combinations of digital advertising, “real-time” general information, as well as, building-related information. The system includes an elevator display unit having a display monitor for displaying video information to the passengers, and a local server which, receives scheduling information associated with the video information over a data communication path and, in accordance with the scheduling information, generates a play list used to display at the elevator display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2003Publication date: November 13, 2003Applicant: Captivate Network, Inc., a Delaware corporationInventors: Michael J. DiFranza, Todd A. Newville
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Patent number: 6622826Abstract: A display apparatus within elevator cabs or elevator waiting areas that facilitates the simultaneous display of advertising and general news information is described. Broadcast from a remote control center, advertising and general news information updates are transmitted to, and stored in, a display memory and subsequently displayed on a screen according to a remotely modifiable program schedule. The display is updated such that it contains a copy of the latest broadcast schedule, as well as the advertisement and information programming, and automatically displays a days program according to the most current broadcast schedule. The display units are each individually addressable thus allowing groups of displays to be simultaneously updated from a remote centralized location with information such as news updates and the like.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2001Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Captivate Network, Inc.Inventors: Stephen D. Amo, Dean L. Lacheur, Neil S. Lacheur
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Publication number: 20030102190Abstract: A method of providing video information to a display monitor within an elevator located in a building, which includes receiving first data defining a category of video information, receiving second data, associated with the category of video information and defining at least one source of the video information; and retrieving from the source, over a data communications path and on the basis of the first data and the second data, the video information to be displayed on the monitor within the elevator.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2002Publication date: June 5, 2003Applicant: Captivate Network, Inc., a Delaware corporationInventors: Todd A. Newville, Shawn W. Duarte
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Publication number: 20020112925Abstract: The invention features a system for displaying video information to passengers of an elevator in accordance with a play list defining a sequence of messages. The video information messages can include combinations of digital advertising, “real-time” general information, as well as, building-related information. The system includes an elevator display unit having a display monitor for displaying video information to the passengers, and a local server which, receives scheduling information associated with the video information over a data communication path and, in accordance with the scheduling information, generates a play list used to display at the elevator display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2001Publication date: August 22, 2002Applicant: Captivate Network, Inc., Delaware corporationInventors: Michael J. DiFranza, Todd A. Newville
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Patent number: 6349797Abstract: A method of providing video information to a display monitor within an elevator located in a building, which includes receiving first data defining a category of video information, receiving second data, associated with the category of video information and defining at least one source of the video information; and retrieving from the source, over a data communications path and on the basis of the first data and the second data, the video information to be displayed on the monitor within the elevator.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 1999Date of Patent: February 26, 2002Assignee: Captivate Network, Inc.Inventors: Todd A. Newville, Shawn W. Duarte
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Patent number: 6073727Abstract: The invention features a system for displaying video information to passengers of an elevator in accordance with a play list defining a sequence of messages. The video information messages can include combinations of digital advertising, "real-time" general information, as well as, building-related information. The system includes an elevator display unit having a display monitor for displaying video information to the passengers, and a local server which, receives scheduling information associated with the video information over a data communication path and, in accordance with the scheduling information, generates a play list used to display at the elevator display unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1998Date of Patent: June 13, 2000Assignee: Captivate Network, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. DiFranza, Todd A. Newville
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Patent number: 5955710Abstract: The invention relates to features a system which distributes "real-time" information along with digital advertising to elevator display units mounted in elevators. The system includes an elevator display unit having a display monitor for displaying general and commercial information to passengers within the elevator, and a local server which, receives scheduling information from a remote production server over a data communication path and, in accordance with the scheduling information, retrieves and formats the general and commercial information for display at the elevator display unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 1998Date of Patent: September 21, 1999Assignee: Captivate Network, Inc.Inventor: Michael J. DiFranza