Patent ID: 8489681

Claim:
A plaque to display a certificate, the plaque comprising: a memory; display circuitry and a display unit; a user interface; a processor operably coupled to the memory, the display circuitry and the user interface; wherein the memory comprises executable code for causing the processor to perform operations comprising: storing a certificate in the memory; selecting a certificate from a collection of certificates currently available in the memory, wherein each certificate in the collection of certificates comprises a representation of a document whose status changes over time; retrieving updates, associated documents and status information for the selected certificate from a server communicatively coupled to the plaque; displaying the selected certificate along with the updates, associated documents, content, and status information, using the display circuitry; and wherein the plaque selectively shares at least a portion of the certificate with a second device until the sharing is terminated by the plaque or until the second device causes termination of sharing.