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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2014
Applicant:

Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2006.01); A47B 21/06 (2006.01); H04N 5/268 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); A47B 13/08 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01); A47B 21/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/66 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); A47B 83/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/147 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B 21/06 (2013.01); A47B 13/08 (2013.01); A47B 21/00 (2013.01); A47B 83/001 (2013.01); G06F 1/1632 (2013.01); G06F 1/1647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/147 (2013.01); G06F 3/1423 (2013.01); H04N 5/268 (2013.01); H04N 5/66 (2013.01); H04N 7/142 (2013.01); H04N 7/147 (2013.01); H04N 7/15 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); A47B 2021/066 (2013.01); A47B 2083/006 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system comprising a switching device linked to a common display screen and including a wireless receiver configured to receive content, the switching device configured to use the received content to drive the common display screen and a plurality of interface devices, each interface device including an interface housing, an interface device processor, a control button mounted within the housing and a plug linked to the housing via a cable, the plug receivable within a connection port of a computing device, a first interface device including a first device processor, a first plug and a first control button, the first processor configured to perform the steps of, with the first plug received in the connection port of the first computing device and first content presented on the first display screen while other content is presented on the common display screen, detecting selection of the first control button and, upon detecting selection of the first control button, causing a wireless transmission to the switching device, upon receiving the wireless transmission, the switching device presenting the content from the first computing device display screen on the common display screen.


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