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1. An electronically addressable display comprising:
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associated with the substrate, an addressable display bi-modal molecular colorant stratum; and
associated with the molecular colorant stratum, an addressing device mounted for selectively switching colorant molecules of the stratum between at least two visually distinguishable states.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for document content publishing, distribution, and display, including a method of doing business. An electronic display includes at least one reusable imaging stratum forming a pixel array of a bi-modal molecular colorant. Preferably, the molecules have bistable orientations. The imaging stratum having a viewing surface and a back surface. Adjacent said back surface is a background stratum. An addressing device is mounted for selectively switching colorant molecules of the imaging stratum between a transparent orientation and a color-exhibiting orientation. The present invention is adaptable to reflective light, back lit, and projection implementations.
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1. An electronically addressable display comprising:
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a substrate;
associated with the substrate, an addressable display bi-modal molecular colorant stratum; and
associated with the molecular colorant stratum, an addressing device mounted for selectively switching colorant molecules of the stratum between at least two visually distinguishable states. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An electronic appliance comprising:
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an appliance housing; and
incorporated with the housing, a display device, the display device including at least one writeable imaging stratum forming a pixel array of a bi-modal molecular colorant, and an addressing device mounted for selectively switching colorant molecules of the imaging stratum. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A visual display comprising:
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at least one writeable imaging stratum forming a pixel array of a bi-modal molecular colorant; and
at least one addressing device mounted for selectively switching colorant molecules of the imaging stratum. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49)
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50. A method of fabricating a rewritable display screen, the method comprising:
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depositing a substantially homogeneous layer of bi-modal molecular colorant on a surface; and
providing addressable elements adjacent said surface for matrix addressing said surface as addressable picture elements. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A method of document retrieval using an internet, the method comprising:
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from a telecommunications appliance, ordering the document over the internet;
downloading the document from the internet into the telecommunications appliance; and
displaying the document on a display associated with the telecommunications appliance by forming an image of the document on a pixel array of a rewritable bi-modal molecular colorant.
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57. A method of doing business with respect to document publishing and retrieval, the method comprising:
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providing a wireless communications site including a server for publishing document content; and
downloading from said site to a wireless telecommunications appliance document content data for read-only display by forming a selectable page-by-page pixel array on a bi-modal molecular colorant display associated with said appliance.
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58. A wireless communications appliance, comprising:
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a wireless interface;
a display screen having at least one writeable imaging stratum forming a pixel array of a bi-modal molecular colorant; and
at least one addressing device mounted for selectively switching colorant molecules of the imaging stratum. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61)
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62. A projection apparatus comprising:
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a display means for projecting an image, said display means having a transparent substrate and, associated with said substrate, at least one writeable imaging stratum forming a pixel array of a bi-modal molecular system; and
associated with said imaging stratum, at least one addressing means for selectively switching colorant molecules of the imaging stratum forming an image for projection.
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63. An electronically addressable display comprising:
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a translucent substrate having a means for backlighting said substrate associated therewith;
associated with the substrate, an addressable display bi-modal molecular colorant system; and
associated with the molecular colorant system, an addressing means mounted for selectively switching colorant molecules of the system between at least two visually distinguishable states wherein one of said states produces a color of high contrast with respect to said translucent substrate and another one of said states is transparent.
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