Methods and apparatus to implement electronic whiteboards
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1. An electronic whiteboard comprising:
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a display in the housing for presenting at least one of stored information or received information;
a memory in the housing to store information associated with the electronic whiteboard; and
an authenticator in the housing to analyze biometric data to identify the user.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to provide electronic whiteboards are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a housing, a display in the housing for presenting at least one of stored information or received information, a memory in the housing to store information associated with the electronic whiteboard, and an authenticator in the housing to analyze biometric data to identify the user.
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1. An electronic whiteboard comprising:
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a housing;
a display in the housing for presenting at least one of stored information or received information;
a memory in the housing to store information associated with the electronic whiteboard; and
an authenticator in the housing to analyze biometric data to identify the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for providing a task list on a first electronic whiteboard comprising:
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receiving a first task item;
displaying the first task item on the first electronic whiteboard;
comparing a priority of the first task item to a second task item; and
based on the comparison between the first and second task items, at least one of changing a color of text used to display the first or second task items, changing the size of the text used to the display the first or second task items, or causing the display of the first or second task items to blink.
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displaying an image on a first electronic whiteboard;
receiving a change to the image; and
storing a vector associated with the change in a memory associated with the first electronic whiteboard. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An electronic whiteboard comprising:
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a housing;
a receiver associated with the housing to receive first biometric data to identify a user;
a display coupled to the housing to display at least one of a task list or information associated with writing input by the user; and
a memory to store at least one of an item in the task list or the information associated with the writing input by the user and to associate the information associated with the writing input by the user with the identity of the user.
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- 32. An electronic whiteboard as defined in claim 32, the biometric data being at least one of data associated with a fingerprint, a voice, a handprint, facial characteristics, a retina, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing, or handwriting.
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36. An electronic whiteboard as defined in claim 36, wherein the information handler is to send the task list output to at least one of a second electronic whiteboard or a server.
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37. An electronic whiteboard as defined in claim 37, further comprising a version controller to store information received from the first receiver in the memory and to store a user identifier associated with the biometric data received from the second receiver in the memory.
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38. An electronic whiteboard as defined in claim 38, wherein the first receiver receives input from a light emitting writing utensil.
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39. An electronic whiteboard as defined in claim 39, wherein the second receiver receives input from a biometric receiver disposed on the light emitting writing utensil.
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44. An electronic whiteboard as defined in claim 44, wherein the memory stores a timestamp for each of the vectors in the collection of vectors, the timestamps being associated with times at which the respective vectors were generated.
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