Paul M Hoppe

US Patent:

20190250774, Aug 15, 2019

Filed:

Apr 9, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/378854

Inventors:

- Minneapolis MN, US
Patricia S. Adler - Oakland CA, US
Jacob A. Barton - New York NY, US
Nathan G. Adkisson - New York NY, US
Paul A. Hoppe - Brooklyn NY, US
Philipp Rockel - Brooklyn NY, US
John D. Ryan - Brooklyn NY, US
Nico Guillin - Beacon NY, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/0482
G06F 9/451
H04L 12/28
G06F 3/0487

Abstract:

A display system includes a plurality of smart products arranged in a physical display setting in a retail store and being available for purchased by a customer, a display screen located behind the plurality of smart products, an input device and a controller coupled to the input device and to the display screen. The controller is configured to receive an indication from the input device to instruct digital media content to be displayed on the display screen. The digital media content includes a sequence of frames of digital images that describe information related to functional features of at least a first smart product and a second smart product on physical display in front of the display screen including the functional features of how the first smart product is interconnected to the second smart product so that the first smart product prompts the second smart product to perform a function.

US Patent:

20170336945, Nov 23, 2017

Filed:

May 23, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/161645

Inventors:

- Minneapolis MN, US
Patricia S. Adler - Oakland CA, US
Jacob A. Barton - New York NY, US
Nathan G. Adkisson - New York NY, US
Paul A. Hoppe - Brooklyn NY, US
Philipp Rockel - Brooklyn NY, US
John D. Ryan - Brooklyn NY, US
Nico Guillin - Beacon NY, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/0484
G06F 3/0482

Abstract:

A display system and method of displaying media content on a display screen includes a processor that receives from an input device an indication that one of a plurality of vignettes has been selected. The selected vignette is accessed from a data store. Each vignette includes digital media content. The digital media content is instructed by the processor to be played on a display screen located behind a plurality of smart products that are on display. Each smart product is positioned relative to the display screen at a set location. The digital media content includes a sequence of frames of digital images including frames that produce a halo of light behind a smart product being described in the frames.