Glossary of Terminology

Content Widgets
Content widgets are elements that can be added to the content library that provide additional content functionality. Some content widgets are used to playba...
Wed, 29 May, 2013 at 9:55 AM
Dynamic Content
The term dynamic content refers to any content that is not explicitly added to a playlist or program but rather indirectly associated to sites by means of c...
Wed, 29 May, 2013 at 9:47 AM
Dynamic track
A dynamic track is a content widget that can be created and used as a placeholder in programs or playlists to play back content that shares a tag with it. I...
Tue, 2 Jul, 2024 at 2:52 PM
EnGage Player
The term EnGage player (also known as media player) refers to the device that connects to one or more displays and plays back multimedia content on screen. ...
Fri, 24 Apr, 2020 at 1:42 PM
Entities
EnGage is built on top of an object-oriented system comprised of various entities. The primary entities include: Sites – the physical location in which ...
Tue, 2 Jul, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Events
An event is any occurrence in the environment, such as a touch screen press, motion sensor serial port communication or text with an RSS feed. When the event...
Wed, 20 Feb, 2013 at 11:31 AM
Filters
A filter is a saved search based on the elements textual data and the attribute set data associated with the element. Filters can be created for sites, play...
Wed, 29 May, 2013 at 9:38 AM
Hierarchy
Within EnGage, each primary entity type is organized in a hierarchy.  This hierarchy can be configured to suit each customer’s business needs. Some primary ...
Fri, 24 Apr, 2020 at 1:57 PM
Hive
The use of hive distributed content enables media players to download multimedia content from other media players on the same local network. Hive also a...
Fri, 24 Apr, 2020 at 6:14 PM
Inter-Player Synchronization
Inter-Player Synchronization is used to synchronize the playback of content across media players on the same local network. Inter-Player Synchronization...
Fri, 24 Apr, 2020 at 6:13 PM