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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2007
Brand C. Kvavle, Tigard, OR (US);
James D. Watson, Duluth, GA (US);
Neal A. Hofmann, Portland, OR (US);
David W. Behner, Portland, OR (US);
Louis A. Ashford, Aloha, OR (US);
Brand C. Kvavle, Tigard, OR (US);
James D. Watson, Duluth, GA (US);
Neal A. Hofmann, Portland, OR (US);
David W. Behner, Portland, OR (US);
Louis A. Ashford, Aloha, OR (US);
Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for diagnosing causes of a malfunction of an electronic whiteboard that includes a white-board surface, the method comprising the steps of linking a remote computer that includes a remote display to the electronic whiteboard from a remote location, interacting with the whiteboard surface to generate X and Y coordinates associated with surface activity, transmitting at least one of the X and Y coordinates associated with the surface activity to the remote computer, displaying at least a subset of the at least one of X and Y coordinates via the remote display and examining the at least a subset of the at least one of X and Y coordinates via the remote display to ascertain the cause of a board malfunction.