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20080199639 | DIGITAL PICTURE DISPLAY ORNAMENT WITH LEDS - A digital picture display ornament comprising a transparent exterior housing and an opaque internal casing. The exterior housing includes a front circular face with an annular sidewall extending rearward from the periphery of the front circular face. The internal casing slips within the exterior housing. Multiple user interface controls are provided on the ornament to control the microprocessor of the ornament and for downloading digital pictures to the ornament. LEDs are disposed on a rear surface of the transparent front face of the exterior housing to illuminate graphic elements of a decorative sheet secured to the front face of the exterior housing. The internal casing has a multiple LED notches disposed in an outer sidewall adapted for receiving a LED. The secondary LEDs illuminate outwards from the internal casing through the transparent sidewall of the exterior housing to produce a glow to the periphery of the ornament. | 08-21-2008 |
20110019110 | DIGITAL PICTURE DISPLAY DEVICE - A digital picture display is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the device includes a main body, a removable decorative faceplate adapted to be secured to a front portion of the main body, and an internal casing seated within the main body. An annular sidewall extends frontward from a periphery of the internal casing and a plurality of notches are disposed in the annular sidewall of the internal casing to receive a plurality of light emitting diodes. A liquid crystal display is housed within the internal casing, wherein the liquid crystal display is in electrical communication with electronic circuitry. The internal casing also includes a non-volatile memory that stores digital images to view on the liquid crystal display. In addition, the decorative faceplate includes at least one latch to removably secure the faceplate to the main body. | 01-27-2011 |
20110195753 | Smartphone Case with LEDS - A smartphone case with LEDS is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the case includes a front portion adapted to cradle a lower portion of a smartphone, a rear portion adapted to engagingly mate with the front portion to secure the smartphone within the case, a first strip of LEDS and a second strip of LEDS are mounted on opposing sides of the front portion, a vibrating sensor is adapted to activate the LEDS of the case when a vibrator of the smartphone is vibrating, and circuitry is used to control the vibrating sensor and the LEDS. The vibrating sensor detects vibrations of the vibrator of the smartphone when the smartphone is receiving an incoming call or message. The LEDS are programmed to display in a set sequence when activated, where the set sequence to display the LEDS is selected by a user. | 08-11-2011 |
20120081629 | DIGITAL PICTURE DISPLAY DEVICE WITH REMOVABLE BATTERY PACK - A digital picture display with a removable battery pack is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the device includes a main body, a removable decorative faceplate adapted to be secured to a front portion of the device, and a battery pack including at least one magnet configured to secure the digital picture device to a metal surface. An annular sidewall extends frontward from a periphery of an internal casing of the device and a plurality of notches are disposed in the annular sidewall of the internal casing to receive a plurality of light emitting diodes. A liquid crystal display is housed within the internal casing, wherein the liquid crystal display is in electrical communication with electronic circuitry. The internal casing also includes a non-volatile memory that stores digital images to view on the liquid crystal display. | 04-05-2012 |
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20090170530 | Device System and Method for Providing Availability Status and Alternate Contact Information Within a Wireless Keep-Quiet Zone - A system and method for providing notification of a user's presence in a wireless keep-quiet geographic zone includes a fixed infrastructure device capable of conducting short-range wireless communication, and a server communicatively coupled to the fixed infrastructure device, accessible to a calling party, and including a phone book, wherein the fixed infrastructure device is operable to detect a presence of a wireless device within a wireless geographic keep-quiet zone, query the device for alternate contact information, aid update the phone book, accessible to a calling party, with an indication of the wireless device's presence in the wireless geographic zone and/or the alternate contact information. | 07-02-2009 |
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20110151904 | AUTOMATED COMMUNICATION USING IMAGE CAPTURE - A server includes a communications adapter; a controller and a datastore. The controller receives a first user input via a user interface to associate at least one image attribute with a contact. Thereby, responsive to receiving an image from an electronic apparatus, the controller automatically processes the image to identify at least one feature of the image that corresponds to the image attribute, and associates the image with the contact based on the image attribute; and communicates the image to the contact via the communications adapter. The datastore is suitable for storing digital information, and is communicatively coupled to the controller. | 06-23-2011 |
20130151259 | USER INTERFACE THAT REFLECTS SOCIAL ATTRIBUTES IN USER NOTIFICATIONS - Arrangements described herein relate to providing an audio message. A calendar event can be detected. A voice relating to the detected calendar event can be automatically selected. A background sound relating to the detected calendar event can be automatically selected. The audio message can be generated using the automatically selected voice and background sound relating to the calendar event. | 06-13-2013 |