US 11,989,476 B2
Systems and methods for remotely monitoring electronic displays
Elliot Newnham, Alpharetta, GA (US); Brock Bearchell, Alpharetta, GA (US); and William Dunn, Alpharetta, GA (US)
Assigned to Manufacturing Resources International, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US)
Filed by Manufacturing Resources International, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/125,694.
Application 18/125,694 is a continuation of application No. 17/974,361, filed on Oct. 26, 2022, granted, now 11,645,029.
Application 17/974,361 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/893,253, filed on Aug. 23, 2022, granted, now 11,614,911, issued on Mar. 28, 2023.
Application 17/893,253 is a continuation of application No. 17/548,698, filed on Dec. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,455,138, issued on Sep. 27, 2022.
Application 17/548,698 is a continuation of application No. 17/134,634, filed on Dec. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,243,733, issued on Feb. 8, 2022.
Application 17/134,634 is a continuation of application No. 16/508,877, filed on Jul. 11, 2019, granted, now 10,908,863, issued on Feb. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/697,016, filed on Jul. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0229373 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/14 (2006.01); H04L 43/06 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/14 (2013.01) [H04L 43/06 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for remotely monitoring electronic display assemblies, said system comprising:
the electronic display assemblies, each comprising a housing, an electronic display, a controller for controlling operations of the electronic display assembly, including at least images displayed at the electronic display, at least one airflow pathway extending through at least part of the housing, sensors within the housing, including one or more temperature sensors located along the at least one airflow pathway, in electronic communication with the controller for monitoring operating conditions of the electronic display assembly, one or more fans located along the at least one airflow pathway and in electronic communication with the controller, and a network communication device in electronic communication with the controller; and
a monitoring center comprising one or more electronic storage devices comprising software instructions, which when executed, configure one or more processors to:
receive, from each of the electronic display assemblies, data regarding operations of the electronic display assemblies, including internal temperature readings for the electronic display assemblies from the one or more temperature sensors and fan speed levels for the one or more fans based on data received from the controller;
associate the data received from the electronic display assemblies with unit identifiers such that the data received from different ones of the electronic display assemblies is associated with different ones of the unit identifiers;
receive input defining a population of the electronic display assemblies;
identify a subset of the unit identifiers for the electronic display assemblies of the population;
identify the data associated with the unit identifiers in the subset; and
generate one or more user displays with the identified data comprising time dependent graphs of at least some of the identified data, on an electronic display assembly specific basis, including at least some of the internal temperature readings and at least some of the fan speed levels for each of the electronic display assemblies of the population.