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Non-telephonic, wireless information presentation device
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Inventors: Thompson, Brandt; Darbee, Paul; O'Donnell, Frank;
Assignee: Evolve Products, Inc. (Tustin, CA)
Primary Examiner: Nguyen; Lee
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Vigil; Thomas R. Welsh & Katz, Ltd.
The wireless information presentation device includes a power supply, a visual display, circuitry for turning on and off the wireless information presentation device, RF wireless receiver device for receiving, from a host device, selected information including news, weather, sports, broadcast media content and advertising, switch circuitry for selecting and structure including liquid crystal materials for displaying one the selected information on the display and structure associated with the liquid crystal materials for maintaining advertising displayed on the visual display of the wireless information presentation device after a predetermined timeout period from the last actuation of the switch circuitry. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION According to the present invention there is provided a low-cost annunciator display device, or simply annunciator, capable of wirelessly (via IR or RF) receiving information to be displayed.
The advantage is that, in contrast to a television or a PC, the display on the annunciator can always be on.
The annunciator can act as a billboard, touting pay-per-view events, products, services, coupon offers or any other advertising, as well as carrying information such as sports, news, finance, traffic, TV guide, gaming, shopping, and features.
With the added ability to wirelessly send information to a host device, interactive or transactional applications are possible.
The advertising message on the annunciator is an information payload, in the sense that an advertiser can be charged for time on the annunciator's screen.
When the annunciator is used in conjunction with interactive applications running on a settop box, the TV itself, or a computer, it is important that the interactive advertising offers appear during commercial program breaks and not extend into the program proper.
In this case, the annunciator can extend the time available to the user to respond to interactive offers by "trailing" the offer to the annunciator's screen after the interactive ad has disappeared from the TV (or PC) screen and regular programming has resumed.
Many systems which deliver information are two-way, meaning that information originating from the user can be read by or delivered to a central "head end.
" Such systems can allow transactions by the user, such as responses to advertising offers, merely by pressing a button on the annunciator, thus bypassing the TV or PC as a display device.
In the case where the delivery medium for advertising to the annunciator is not two-way, "bypass" structure can be provided for return signals to a central computer.
For instance, a low-cost radio transmitter in the annunciator can send data to an autodialer modem connected to the telephone line.
User responses to advertising offers can then be sent by telephone to a central computer
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