IP Library Granted Patent US 10,452,105
Granted Patent B2
US 10,452,105 · App. 15/410,492 · Granted Oct 22, 2019

Mobile device case for holding a display device

Inventor: Andrew Zenoff (San Anselmo, CA)
Assignee: BEAM Authentic Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,452,105
App. No.
15/410,492
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a system for displaying or projecting media selected by a user, comprising: a mobile device case that is removably mountable on a mobile device; and a visual curvilinear display coupled to said mobile device case, wherein the visual curvilinear display is configured to display or project the media selected by the user in a manner that is viewable by one or more observers, which media includes at least one of digital text, image or video, wherein the visual curvilinear display displays or projects said media according to a display and/or location preference or schedule of the user.

Claims (20)

1. A system comprising:

a mobile device case configured to at least partially enclose a mobile device within an opening on a first surface of the mobile device case;

a display coupled to a second surface of the mobile device case, the display comprising a function button, wherein the function button of the display is compressed and disabled when the display is coupled to the mobile device case, wherein the function button protrudes outwards from a peripheral side of the display, and wherein the function button is compressed against a wall of the second surface of the mobile device case when the display is coupled to the mobile device case;

a memory storing one or more media objects comprising digital text, images, or videos; and

a controller coupled to the display and the memory, the controller configured to, based on one or more user preferences, retrieve one or more of the stored media objects from the memory and display the retrieved media objects on the display.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the display is removably coupled to the mobile device case.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the function button is non-compressed and enabled when the display is decoupled from the mobile device case.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device case further comprises a battery, wherein the battery is in electrical communication with the display for providing power to the display.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the display protrudes from the second surface of the mobile device case.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the display resides within a hole of the second surface of the mobile device case.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the display is magnetically coupled to the second surface of the mobile device case.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device case comprises one or more control mechanisms, each of the one or more control mechanisms configured to control functions of the display.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the display is a circular display.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the display is a touchscreen display.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the display further comprises an accelerometer, the accelerometer communicatively coupled to the controller.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the display is configured to display the retrieved media objects based on an orientation of the display as determined by the accelerometer.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the display is configured to display the retrieved media objects further based on an orientation of the mobile device case.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the display is configured to display the retrieved media objects based on an orientation indicated by the one or more user preferences.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to display the retrieved media objects on the display according to a schedule indicated by the one or more user preferences.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to display the retrieved media objects on the display according to a power mode indicated by the one or more user preferences.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2021
From: BEAM AUTHENTIC, INC.
To: TLCD, LLC
Reel/Frame 057296/0871 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2017
From: ZENOFF, ANDREW
To: BEAM AUTHENTIC, INC.
Reel/Frame 041602/0156 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62280429 · Jan 19, 2016
Related Publication 20170205854A1 · Jul 20, 2017