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Patent No.:

US 9753489 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2016

Physical electronic bulletin board system

Applicant:

General Enchantment Llc, Newton Centre, MA (US);

Inventors:

Andrew W. Carvey, Cambridge, MA (US);

Robert Frigault, Bathurst, CA;

Sarah Housman, Newton Centre, MA (US);

Assignee:

General Enchantment LLC, Boston, MA (US);

Attorneys:

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Frank L. Gerratana

Primary Examiner:

Adrian S Wilson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G09F 15/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/10 (2006.01); G09G 5/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/147 (2006.01); G09G 3/00 (2006.01); G09G 3/20 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); A47B 97/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1605 (2013.01); G06F 1/1607 (2013.01); G06F 1/188 (2013.01); G06F 1/26 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/147 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G09F 15/00 (2013.01); G09G 3/001 (2013.01); G09G 3/20 (2013.01); G09G 5/00 (2013.01); G09G 5/10 (2013.01); G09G 5/12 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); H04L 67/2842 (2013.01); A47B 97/001 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01); G09G 2370/02 (2013.01); G09G 2370/022 (2013.01); G09G 2370/06 (2013.01); G09G 2370/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

Among other things, we describe a physical bulletin board. The bulletin board includes at least one physical component configured to interface with at least one electronic component. In some implementations, the bulletin board includes the electronic component, e.g., as a built-in display. For example, the built-in display may be associated with a processor that can run software that augments the functionality of the bulletin board. In some implementations, the bulletin board includes a component, such as a mounting apparatus, that receives a mobile computing device (MCD). For example, the MCD can run software that augments the functionality of the bulletin board.

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