# US 2021/0341968 A1 · Mount for a computing device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0341968 A1 - Document ID: US20210341968A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/246,499 - Filed: 2021-04-30 - Published: 2021-11-04 - Earliest claimed: 2020-04-30 - Assignees: Newpower, Inc. - Applicants: NewPower, Inc. - Inventors: THOMAS SHAFFER - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210341968A1 ## CPC - G06F 1/1632: {External expansion units, e.g. docking stations} - G06F 1/1643: {the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615)} - B25J 11/00: Manipulators not otherwise provided for - B25J 11/0005: {Manipulators having means for high-level communication with users, e.g. speech generator, face recognition means} - B25J 11/001: {with emotions simulating means} - F16M 11/22: with approximately constant height, e.g. with constant length of column or of legs (F16M11/42 takes precedence) - F16M 11/42: with arrangement for propelling the support {stands on wheels} - G06F 1/1607: {Arrangements to support accessories mechanically attached to the display housing (G06F1/1603, G06F1/1605 take precedence)} - G06F 1/1626: {with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]} - G06F 1/1639: {the display being based on projection} - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - B25J: MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES ({manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery A61B34/70; manipulators used in cleaning hollow articles B08B9/04}; manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J13/10; {manipulators associated with picking-up and placing mechanisms B23P19/007}; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B30/00; {vehicles with ground-engaging propulsion means, e.g. walking members B62D57/02, B62D57/032; devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials between conveyors B65G47/90, B65G47/91; manipulators with gripping or holding means for transferring packages B65H67/065}; cranes B66C; {manipulators used in the protection or supervision of pipe-line installations F17D5/00; walking equipment adapted for nuclear steam-generators F22B37/006}; manipulators specially adapted for, or associated with, nuclear reactors G21C; {apparatus used for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor H10P72/50}) - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS ## Abstract Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are described for a mount for a computing device. an artificial body shaped to represent at least a portion of a being; and a mounting interface coupled to the artificial body, the mounting interface configured to couple a computing device to the artificial body ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus, comprising: an artificial body shaped to represent at least a portion of a being; and a mounting interface coupled to the artificial body, the mounting interface configured to couple a computing device to the artificial body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the computing device comprises a mobile device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the being represented by the artificial body comprises one or more of a humanoid, an animal, and a fictional being. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the artificial body comprises at least a portion of an inanimate mannequin. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the artificial body is at least partially robotic and comprises one or more at least partially robotic appendages configured to perform scripted actions defined for robotic movement of the one or more at least partially robotic appendages. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the at least partially robotic artificial body is configured to receive control commands over a data network, the control commands indicating which of the scripted actions the one or more at least partially robotic appendages perform. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the at least partially robotic artificial body comprises one or more sensors, the at least partially robotic artificial body configured to select and perform one of the scripted actions using the one or more at least partially robotic appendages based on data from the one or more sensors. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the scripted actions comprise one or more of: the one or more at least partially robotic appendages opening a gate to enter a user's property; the at least partially robotic artificial body using the one or more at least partially robotic appendages to climb one or more stair steps to a user's residence; the one or more at least partially robotic appendages ringing a doorbell associated with a door of a user; a head movement of the at least partially robotic artificial body in response to an interaction with a user sensed by the one or more sensors; and shaking a hand of a user. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mounting interface is coupled to one or more of a face portion, a hand portion, and a chest portion of the artificial body. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mounting interface is configured to removably couple the computing device to the artificial body, the mounting interface comprising one or more of a magnetic interface, a mechanical clamp shaped to releasably receive the computing device, and a case for the computing device coupled to the artificial body. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the computing device comprises one or more of a flexible, curved, electronic display screen and an at least semi-transparent surface with a projector positioned to project an image onto a rear of the semi-transparent surface. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the computing device comprises a touchscreen, the touchscreen facing away from the artificial body in response to the mounting interface coupling the computing device to the artificial body, the computing device providing a user interface on the touchscreen. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the user interface comprises a document signature interface allowing a user to digitally sign an electronic document displayed on the touchscreen of the computing device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mounting interface comprises one or more electrical connections between the artificial body and the computing device, the one or more electrical connections comprising one or more of an electrical charging interface in electrical communication with a battery of the artificial body and an audio connection with one or more of an audio speaker and a microphone of the artificial body. ### Claim 15 A system, comprising: a computing device; an artificial body shaped to represent at least a portion of a being; and a mounting interface coupled to the artificial body, the mounting interface coupling the computing device to the artificial body. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the computing device comprises an electronic display configured to display a remote user from a different location than the artificial body to a local user within viewing proximity of the electronic display. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, further comprising a plurality of additional artificial bodies and mounting interfaces each coupling an additional computing device to the additional artificial bodies. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17, wherein the single remote user is selectively displayable on screens of each of the additional computing devices. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17, wherein screens of the additional computing devices each display different remote users. ### Claim 20 An apparatus, comprising: means for artificially representing at least a portion of a being; and means for coupling a computing device to the means for artificially representing at least a portion of a being.