Patents Assigned to Frankel & Company
  • Patent number: 6038545
    Abstract: Digital multimedia presentations are assembled at a central location for stores. Start and end times are assigned. The digital multimedia presentations and the assigned start and end times are transmitted to and received at the stores. The received presentations are stored in digital multimedia players at the stores. Upon occurrence of an assigned start time, the associated digital multimedia presentation is automatically played in the store until the assigned end time. If a presentation is not available at a particular time, a generic default presentation is played. The presentations may be played at assigned start and end times until an expiration date, after which it is automatically deleted from the digital multimedia player. The digital multimedia presentations may be customized at the central location and/or at the stores. The present invention is particularly applicable for generating menu boards for an enterprise which includes multiple sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Frankel & Company
    Inventors: Richard D. Mandeberg, Desmond C. J. Moleski, Manolo B. Almagro, Joseph F. Meyer