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| 20080202844 | ACOUSTIC CHAMBER AS PART OF ADAPTER - An acoustic chamber as part of adapter for an appliance. The acoustic chamber is substantially enclosed except at the exterior surface, and is configured to interchangeably receive a plurality of different consumer electronic devices. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080203868 | ADAPTER OR APPLIANCE WITH A USER INTERFACE WINDOW - An adapter or an appliance for use with an independently operable consumer electronic device having a user interface. The adapter comprises a holding device forming a device cavity capable of admitting the consumer electronic device in a predetermined orientation. An access opening into the device cavity exposes a portion of the consumer electronic device when the consumer electronic device is in the predetermined orientation. The portion of the consumer electronic device exposed includes at least a portion of the user interface. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080231764 | Writing surface with video display - A system of a video display and a writing surface. In one embodiment, the system includes a writing surface, a video display and a service interface for coupling the system to an appliance surface. In another embodiment, the system includes a main body, a video display attached to the main body, and a writing surface on the main body disposed adjacent to and parallel to the video display. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080232053 | Writing surface with removable portable electronic device - A system for removably mounting a consumer electronic device to a vertical surface, an adapter, as well as adapters and appliance for use with the system. The system has a writing surface which is at least partially coverable by a removable consumer electronic device. The adapter has a writing surface and an interface for removably mounting an electronic device to at least partially cover the writing surface. The appliance has a writing surface and interface on surface of the appliance, such as, for example, the surface of a door of a refrigeration appliance. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080247141 | System for slidably coupling consumer electronic devices to an appliance - A system of an appliance host with at least a pair of generally parallel elongated interface structures cooperatively defining alternative pairs of locations for removably coupling a portable device to the outer wall and a potable device for use with the appliance. The interface structures may be rails, slots or elongated electrical connectors. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080247594 | AUDIO NETWORK AS PART OF ADAPTER OR APPLIANCE - An audio network as part of adapter or appliance for an appliance performing a useful cycle of operation on an object unrelated to the delivery of sound media. The audio network comprises an appliance accepting a plurality of consumer electronic devices and sending acoustical signals from at least one of the devices to a remote speaker. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20090009316 | FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF A CONSUMER ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND WRITING SURFACE - A portable functional unit having a main body and a consumer electronic device coupled to the main body. The main body includes an erasable writing surface, a physical storage compartment for storing articles used with the white board surface, a first service port for selective communication of data, and a second service port for selective communication of power. The main body is adapted to receive the service from the service port. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20100182753 | SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING A DEVICE TO A HOST - A system for mounting a device to a host, such as an appliance, includes elongated, substantially parallel device interfaces for removably mounting the device to the host. The device interfaces can include rails, slots and/or electrical conductors. | 07-22-2010 |
