Device Bracket with Integrated Device Hub
AssigneeBose Corporation
InventorBenjamin D. Burge
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Abstract
An device bracket for mounting devices to a flat panel display incorporates a device hub able to form a network with devices coupled to it where the device hub associates one or more physical characteristics to devices coupled to it, including locality, orientation and position relative to the device hub. The device hub is conveys data indicating these physical characteristics associated with these devices to one or more of the devices coupled to it, thereby either enabling the devices with those physical characteristics to modify the manner in which they perform their own functions in response to those physical characteristics, or enabling other devices to modify data that they exchange with the devices having those physical characteristics in response to those physical characteristics.
Claims23
A device bracket comprising:
- a device hub to form a network to convey electrical signals among the device hub and at least a first device, wherein the device hub has a casing structured to be mounted to a flat panel display;
- a first coupling physically supported by the casing to enable the first device to be physically supported by the casing at a first position adjacent the flat panel display;
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- a first connector associated with the first coupling to electrically couple the first device to the device hub.
An arm comprising:
- an elongate body having a first end and a second end;
- a first coupling at the first end to couple the arm to a casing of a device hub mountable to a flat panel display;
- a second coupling at the second end to couple the arm to a casing of a device to enable the arm to cooperate with the casing of the device hub to physically support the device at a position adjacent the flat panel display;
- a first connector associated with the first coupling to electrically couple the arm to the device hub;
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- a second connector associated with the second coupling to electrically couple the arm to the device, wherein the first and second connectors are electrically coupled to enable an electrical signal to be conveyed between the device hub and the device.
A device comprising:
- a casing;
- a coupling disposed on the casing of the device to enable the device to be physically supported at a position adjacent a flat panel display by a casing of a device hub mounted to the flat panel display;
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- a connector associated with the coupling to enable the device to be electrically coupled to the device hub to enable an electrical signal to be conveyed between the device and the device hub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.