Electronic display board, system and method associated therewith
AssigneeErgylink
InventorJerome GILBERT
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Abstract
Disclosed is to an electronic display board to enable a plurality of people to take cognizance of at least one displayable item of information available in digital form in places open to the public. The electronic board includes a box having a flat shape suitable for use as a display board, at least one information processing subassembly including at least one microprocessor, at least one memory able to store at least temporarily an application program, at least one memory able to store data connected with at least one digital content to be displayed, at least one display subassembly, and at least one electrical power source. Also disclosed is a system including at least one electronic display board and a method using at least one electronic display board.
Claims18
1-38. (canceled)
Electronic display board (1) to enable a plurality of people to take cognizance of at least one displayable item of information (2) available in digital form in order to meet legal display obligations, or regulations in places open to an audience in private companies, in administrations and in all types of public or private buildings, the display board comprising:
- A casing (3) having a flat shape suitable for use as a display board and configured to
- i) be used in vertical position, and
- ii) to receive functional components;
- at least one information processing subassembly (4) comprising
- i) at least one microprocessor (5), and
- ii) at least one memory (6) able to store at least temporarily an application program operatively connected with the display of at least one digital content, and
- iii) at least one memory (7) able to store data operatively connected with at least one digital content to be displayed, and
- iv) at least one functional block consisting of software or hardware, or combination of hardware and software configured to manage rights associated with all or part of the information displayed or to be displayed;
- at least one electronic display subassembly (8);
- and
- at least one electrical power source (9) used at least temporarily.
System for displaying dematerialized information on an electronic display board in order to meet legal display obligations, or regulations in places open to an audience in private companies, in administrations and in all types of public or private buildings, the system comprising:
- at least one electronic display board comprising at least one functional block consisting of software or hardware, or combination of hardware and software configured to
- i) connect operatively to a data communication network,
- ii) manage rights associated with all or part of the information displayed or to be displayed.
- at least one server configured to
- i) connect operatively to a data communication network,
- ii) manage dematerialized information to be displayed,
- iii) manage rights associated with the publication of dematerialized information on at least one electronic display board.
- at least one network able to allow for data communication between the components of the system.
Method for making written information available to an audience in order to meet legal display obligations, or regulations in places open to an audience in private companies, in administrations and in all types of public or private buildings, the method comprising steps of:
- i) selecting at least one digital document proposed in a set of at least one displayable digital document,
- ii) displaying the at least one selected digital document on at least one electronic display board which contains means for managing rights associated with all or part of the information displayed or to be displayed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.