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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2016
Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Lewis Epstein, San Mateo, CA (US);
Brett Kincaid, Lowell, MI (US);
Hyun Yoo, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Suzanne Stage, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lukas Scherrer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Larry Cheng, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A content sharing device for use in controlling content replicated from a video source device on a large common display screen, the content sharing device comprising a housing, a processor supported by the housing, at least first and second control buttons supported by the housing and linked to the processor, a cable linked to the processor and having a distal end opposite the processor, the cable including a connector at the distal end for linking to the video source device, wherein, the processor is programmed to enable content from the video source device linked to the connector to be replicated in a first field on the common display screen upon selection of the first control button and to enable content from the video source device linked to the connector to be replicated in a second field adjacent to and separate from the first field upon selection of the second control button.