Abstract: A method of generating and displaying a message comprising the steps of providing at least one display device adapted to display a transmission message; providing a communications network adapted to receive a transmission message and transfer it to the display device; providing a first computer connected to the communications network; providing a second computer remote from the first computer and connected thereto; providing instructions from the second computer to the first computer which result in the provision of a user message on the first computer; converting the user message to a transmission message; and, providing the transmission message to the communications network.