Networked digital displayed thinking system and display writing tool

• US 20030208373A1
• Filed: 04/24/2003
• Published: 11/06/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (Johnson & Johnson), Novus Communications Technologies., Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Vaitekunas, Jeffrey J., Collins, William L. Jr., Wampler, Scott D.
• Application Number:
  US10/422,110
• Publication Number:
  US 20030208373A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 26/026 based on the rotation of particles under the influence of an external field, e.g. gyricons, twisting ball displays based on orientable dipolar particles G02F1/172; based on electrophoresis G02F1/167
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality

Abstract

The present invention relates, in general, to a networked digital displayed thinking systems and display writing tools and, more particularly, to displayed thinking systems capable of writing, reading, storing, recalling, updating, and tele-conferencing displayed thinking concepts using a digital network format. A displayed thinking system according to the present invention could be made from a digital paper technology so that it could digitally display information and could be flexible enough to roll up into a container such as a movie screen does today. This system may also include a networked server that may be attached to the digital display board and may control what information would be displayed on it. This server would be able to receive information from the users and convert them into digital cards that could be displayed on the screen. The system may also include a set of user interfaces that may be networked into the server also. These user interfaces could be handheld computers or PDAs that may be held by the individual users and used to input information to the network server to be displayed. In an embodiment of. the present invention a stylus is provides, capable of writing directly onto the digital media. The digital media controller may be capable of reading the media to detect and record changes and additions to the display media produced from the stylus.

Claims

1. A business method for displayed thinking comprising the steps of:

A) providing a digital displayed thinking system;

B) creating electronic cards for display

C) displaying the cards of step B on the system of step A; and

D) recording a set of displayed thinking cards into a digital file.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein in step A, the displayed thinking system comprises SMARTPAPER.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein PDA'"'"'s are used to create electronic cards for display.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein displayed electronic cards are altered by a stylus.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein said displayed thinking system queries said display to detect altered information on said display.

6. A method for displayed thinking comprising the steps of:

A) providing a first digital displayed thinking system;

B) creating electronic cards for display;

C) displaying said electronic cards of step B on said first digital displayed thinking system of step A;

D) recording a set of displayed thinking cards into a digital file;

E) providing a second digital displayed thinking system;

F) transmitting said digital file from said first digital displayed thinking system to said second digital displayed thinking system; and

G) displaying said electronic cards of step B on said second digital displayed thinking system of step E.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein in step A, the displayed thinking system comprises SMARTPAPER.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein PDA'"'"'s are used to create electronic cards for display.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein displayed electronic cards are altered by a stylus.

10. The method of claim 6 wherein said displayed thinking system queries said display to detect altered information on said display.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein displayed electronic cards are altered by a stylus.

12. The method of claim 8 wherein said displayed thinking system queries said display to detect altered information on said display.

13. The method of claim 12 further including the step of:

H) recording said altered information into a digital changes file.

14. The method of claim 13 further including the step of:

J) transmitting said digital changes file from said first digital displayed thinking system to said second digital displayed thinking system.

15. A digital displayed thinking system comprising:

a plurality of digital displays;

a plurality of handheld devices; and

a communication network, wherein said handheld devices are adapted to transmit information to said digital displays, and said digital displays are adapted to transmit said information to other digital displays via said communication network.

16. The digital displayed thinking system of claim 15, wherein the digital displayed thinking system comprises SMARTPAPER.

17. The digital displayed thinking system of claim 16, wherein the digital displayed thinking system further comprises a digital display writing tool.

18. The digital displayed thinking system of claim 17, wherein said digital displayed thinking system is adapted to query said digital displays to determine changes on said digital displays from use of said digital display writing tool.

19. The digital displayed thinking system of claim 18, further comprising memory, said memory adapted to store said information.

20. The digital displayed thinking system of claim 19, wherein said memory is adapted to continuously store changes to said information during a brainstorming session using said digital displayed thinking system.