Patent ID: 7737915
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
1. A computerized system, comprising: a workstation controller; an external device which is different from the workstation controller; and a computer display having a screen, a workstation port, a wireless port and a display circuit; the workstation port being configured to receive a workstation signal from the workstation controller; the wireless port being configured to receive an external signal from the external device; the display circuit being coupled to the screen, the workstation port and the wireless port; and the display circuit being configured to output (i) workstation information on the screen in response to the workstation signal from the workstation controller and (ii) external information on the screen in response to the external signal from the external device; wherein the workstation port of the computer display is configured to connect to the workstation controller in a hardwired manner to enable the computer display and the workstation controller to form a computer workstation; wherein the wireless port of the computer display is configured to acquire, as the external signal, a wireless transmission from a mobile wireless transmitter of the external device, the mobile wireless transmitter being external to the computer workstation; wherein the external device is a hand held device having a small screen configured to render video output to a user, the screen of the computer display providing a viewing area which is larger than that of the small screen; wherein the wireless transmission carries a copy of the video output; and wherein the display circuit of the computer display is configured to extract the copy of the video output from the wireless transmission and display the copy of the video output on the screen of the computer display; wherein the hand held device is configured to accept streaming video from a streaming video source; and wherein the video output displayed on the screen of the computer display is a copy of the streaming video which is relayed to the computer display from the streaming video source through the hand held device; wherein the display circuit of the computer display includes: a switch configured to selectively enable and disable outputting of the external information on the screen of the computer display; wherein the computer display includes a housing that encloses the screen, the workstation port, the wireless port, the display circuit, and the switch; wherein the switch is configured to toggle between a first setting, a second setting, and a third setting; wherein, when the switch is in the first setting, the switch activates the workstation port and disables the wireless port; wherein, when the switch is in the second setting, the switch disables the workstation port and activates the wireless port; and wherein, when the switch is in the third setting: