Portable display device
OwnerDonald Curtis Eilandinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to illuminated display devices and methods of displaying indicia, advertisements, etc. on a changeable illuminated display. The display device comprises a frame structure having an open space. The display device further comprises a compact image display device operable to display an image, the compact image display device held and positioned relative to the frame structure such that the image, when displayed by the compact image display device, is visible through the open space. Additionally, control circuitry is coupled to the compact image display device.
Claims16
A portable device having a changeable illuminated display, the portable device comprising:
- a frame structure having an open space
- a compact image display device operable to display an image, the compact image display device held and positioned relative to the frame structure such that the image, when displayed by the compact image display device, is visible through the open space;
- wireless electronics circuitry when employed enables wireless communications with an external computing device;
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- a control circuitry coupled to the compact image display device.
A smartphone device having a changeable illuminated display, the portable device comprising:
- a frame structure having an open space;
- a compact image display device operable to display an image, the compact image display device held and positioned relative to the frame structure such that the image, when displayed by the compact image display device, is visible through the open space;
- wireless electronics circuitry when employed enables wireless communications with an external computing device;
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- a control circuitry coupled to the compact image display device.
A system, comprising:
- a wireless router when in operation has access to the Internet;
- a portable display device when in operation is communicatively coupled to the wireless router during operation;
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- a first smartphone device that is to be communicatively coupled to the wireless router and the portable device during operation;
- when in operation, the portable display device and the first smartphone device are to display content related to a live event that is retrieved from the wireless router.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.