US 12,314,622 B2
Stadium display system
Lance Decker, Tomball, TX (US); Bradley Hartman, Katy, TX (US); Daniel Korbelic, Arlington, TX (US); Deandrew Daniel, Aubrey, TX (US); Sherman Wilder, Humble, TX (US); Tyler Culley, Denton, TX (US); and Christopher Smith, Sanger, TX (US)
Assigned to FANWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Sanger, TX (US)
Filed by FANWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Sanger, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/458,612.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/402,572, filed on Aug. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0069847 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/147 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1438 (2013.01) [G06F 3/147 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling a display system, comprising: detecting an occurrence of an event at a venue; initiating a first display session based on the event being of an event type to trigger a display session; performing the following operations during the first display session: selecting media content for display by a plurality of individual computing devices, wherein the individual computing devices are portable devices and located in a plurality of areas or sections of the venue; selecting a first area or section from the plurality of areas or sections within the venue at which display of the media content is to begin; identifying first computing devices of the plurality of individual computing devices that are located in the first area or section which was selected; causing the first computing devices to notify users that the first computing devices are to be moved into positions in which first pixel panels are visible by persons located outside of the first area or section; and causing, at a first display time, each one of the first computing devices to display a respective pixel portion of a first electronic graphic contained in the media content, whereby an entirety of the first electronic graphic is displayed collectively by the first computing devices; identifying second computing devices of the plurality of individual computing devices that are located in a second area or section; causing the second computing devices to notify users that the second computing devices are to be moved into positions in which second pixel panels are visible by persons located outside of the second area or section; and at a second display time, performing the following operations: causing the first computing devices to discontinue display of the first electronic graphic; and causing each one of the second computing devices to display the respective pixel portion of the first electronic graphic contained in the media content or to display respective pixel portions of a second electronic graphic contained in the media content.