Digital signage  is a new form of marketing in which videos or multimedia contents are displayed on electronic devices. Digital signage is maily used department stores for commercial purpose, but also in schools, libraries, office buildings, train stations, airport, etc., for information purpose.

There are several advantages of the digital signage with respect to the static, traditional use of paper signs. Digital signs can be immediately updated with remote control, resulting in a meaningful time and cost saving. Furthermore digital signage could be interactive, can be animated and can deliver sound as well as visul contents, resulting in a new appealing form of marketing.

MajorDS

MajorDS is the solution for Digital Signage proposed by AFA Systems. It is a complete, advanced and customizable framework to generate, distribute and visualize multimedia contents over electronic devices. The proposed architecture include the use of the MajorNet gateway as shown in the following image.

The MajorNet Server allows to generate and manage the video sequences.  The μMajorNet player synchronizes the multimedia contents and the configuration files with the server,  plays and visualuzes the video on the connected electronic devices.