Centralized content distribution in a wearable display device network

Abstract

Wearable digital buttons can be deployed within an enterprise context, allowing for the centralized distribution of viewable media content (such as images and videos) selected for each of one or more enterprise groups. For instance, a first set of media objects can be selected for a sales team within a company, a second set of media objects can be selected for a marketing team, and a third set can be selected for a tech support team. The media can be distributed by a central server, for instance wirelessly or via a USB-connected hub. The central server can include an interface enabling a user to select the media for distribution to each enterprise group, to edit or format the media, to view the locations of each wearable digital button within the enterprise, and to customize enterprise groups (for instance, by creating new groups and adding or removing users from existing groups).

1 - 20 . (canceled) 
     
     
         21 . A wearable display device system comprising:
 a wearable display device comprising a display enclosed within a housing, a wireless receiver enclosed with the housing and configured to receive viewable media objects, and a controller configured to display received viewable media objects on the display; and   a media server communicatively coupled to the wearable display device, configured to:
 receive a request to provide a selected viewable media object to the wearable display device; 
 access the selected viewable media object stored by the media server; and 
 wirelessly transmit the accessed viewable media object and display instructions; 
   wherein the wearable display device is configured to, in response to receiving the display instructions, display the viewable media object based on the display instructions.   
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 21  configured for centralized content distribution within an enterprise, the system further comprising a plurality of the display devices, wherein each of the plurality of wearable display devices is associated with one or more enterprise groups, and wherein the media server is a centralized media server communicatively coupled to the plurality of wearable displace devices. 
     
     
         23 . The system as recited in  22 , wherein the centralized media server is configured to receive a request to provide a selected set of viewable media objects to a set of the wearable displace devices associated with a selected enterprise group. 
     
     
         24 . The system as recited in  claim 23 , wherein the centralized media server is configured to access the selected set of viewable media objects stored by the centralized media server. 
     
     
         25 . The system as recited in  claim 24 , wherein the centralized media server is configured to wireless transmit the accessed set of viewable media objects, and identifier representative of the selected enterprise group, and a set of display instructions via the enterprise network. 
     
     
         26 . The system of  claim 22 , wherein the enterprise groups and the wearable display devices associated with each enterprise group are defined by an enterprise administrator via the centralized media server. 
     
     
         27 . The system of  claim 23 , wherein the set of viewable media objects is selected by the enterprise administrator. 
     
     
         28 . The system of  claim 27 , wherein the centralized media server is further configured to enable the enterprise administrator to perform additional operations including one or more of: adding wearable display devices to enterprise groups, removing wearable display devices from enterprise groups, creating or assigning wearable display device user accounts in association with the enterprise, granting wearable display device permissions to one or more users within the enterprise, defining content that can be displayed by wearable display device associated with each enterprise group or by wearable display devices within the enterprise, and editing content for display by the wearable display devices. 
     
     
         29 . The system of  claim 21  wherein the selected viewable media objects comprises one or more of: images, videos, a single viewable media object, and a plurality of viewable media objects. 
     
     
         30 . The system of  claim 23 , wherein the selected set of viewable objects is stored by the centralized media server, by a storage device within the enterprise, or by a storage device external to the enterprise. 
     
     
         31 . The system of  claim 25 , wherein the set of display instructions specify one or more of: an order in which the selected set of viewable media objects are to be displayed by each wearable display device, a start time for displaying each of the selected set of viewable media objects, a future start time at which the set of viewable media objects start to be displayed, and a duration that each of the selected set of viewable media objects is to be displayed. 
     
     
         32 . The system of  claim 23 , wherein the selected set of viewable media objects is selected based on one or more of: a location of one or more wearable display devices associated with the selected enterprise group, an identity of one or more users wearing the wearable display devices associated with the selected enterprise group, and a current time or date. 
     
     
         33 . The system of  claim 23 , wherein the selected set of viewable media objects is selected automatically by the centralized media server without explicit input from a user in response to one or more wearable display devices associated with the selected enterprise group satisfying a pre-defined set of requirements. 
     
     
         34 . A media server for broadcasting content to a wearable digital device, comprising:
 a database configured to store viewable media objects;   an interface configured to receive a request to broadcast a viewable media object to a wearable digital device;   a wireless transceiver; and   a controller configured to, in response to receiving the request, access the viewable media object from the database and broadcast the accessed viewable media object via the wireless transceiver to the wearable digital device, each of the wearable digital devices comprising a display, a wireless receiver to wirelessly receive the broadcasted viewable media object, and a controller to configure the display to display the viewable media object.   
     
     
         35 . The media server of  claim 34 , wherein the media servers is a centralized media server configured to broadcast content of one or more viewable media objects to a set of the wearable digital devices. 
     
     
         36 . The media server of  claim 35 , wherein the controller is configured to broadcast a set of display instructions to the set of the wearable digital devices, and wherein the wearable digital device controller is configured to display the one or more media objects according to the set of display instructions. 
     
     
         37 . A method for broadcasting content to a wearable digital device, comprising:
 receiving, by a media server, a request to provide a viewable media object to a wearable digital device;   accessing, by the media server, the viewable media object; and   providing, by the media server, the viewable media object such that the wearable digital device is configured to display via a display of the wearable digital device the viewable media object.   
     
     
         38 . The method of  claim 37 , wherein the method for broadcasting is within an enterprise comprising a number of the wearable digital devices within an enterprise, wherein the media server comprises a central media server, wherein during the step of receiving the central media server receives a request to provide a set of the viewable media objects to a set of the wearable digital devices, wherein during the step of accessing comprises accessing the set of viewable media objects, and wherein during the step of providing the centralized media server provides an identity of each of the set of wearable digital devices and a set of display instructions. 
     
     
         39 . The method of  claim 39 , wherein during the step of providing, wearable digital buttons within the enterprise that are not included within the set of wearable digital buttons are unable to display the set of viewable media objects. 
     
     
         40 . The method of  claim 38 , wherein a wearable digital device of the set of wearable digital buttons is communicatively coupled to the centralized media server via a wireless connection or a wired connection, and wherein the wearable digital button receives the set of viewable media objects and recharges via the wireless connection or the wired connection.