Patent ID: 7086750
Filing Date: 2006-08-08
Classification: G09F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A message system comprising: a wall having opposite first and second sides and comprising at least one of (a) a mirrored surface which is capable of producing a discernible, reflective image of an object placed at the first side of the wall, and (b) a blocking surface which substantially obstructs viewing of an object at the second side of the wall through the wall from the first side of the wall; and a message generator, the message generator capable of making a message viewable from the first side of the wall through at least a part of the wall, wherein the message system comprises a proximity sensor to detect the presence of an individual or object spaced from the message system at the first side of the wall and, as an incident thereof, cause the message generator to make a message viewable through the mirrored surface or the blocking surface from the first side of the wall.