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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, Llc, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Kourtny M. Hicks, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dale J. Brewer, San Marcos, CA (US);
Amir Mesguich Havilio, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gerald B. Cueto, San Jose, CA (US);
BARNES & NOBLE COLLEGE BOOKSELLERS, LLC, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A stylus-based notification system is disclosed. In some embodiments, a stylus configured as described herein is capable of one-way or two-way wireless communication with an electronic device that is paired with the stylus and includes one or more visual features for providing a user with visual notifications and/or feedback. In some cases, for example, a given visual indicator such as an LED ring or other indicator on the stylus that emits light that is visible at any stylus orientation may alert a user that data has been received by the stylus from an associated device and/or sent from the stylus to such device.