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A service that provides mobile apps for cemeteries. Through the app, individual grave locations are plotted on a map, and each grave can have an associated online memorial page with media about the deceased person's life. Cemetery navigation and…

A video panel designed to be installed in a gravestone, which plays video tributes to the deceased person. The system is powered by a battery charged from a solar panel that covers the screen when it is not in use.

A temporary networked system that was set up at a legacy cemetery in Cambridge, UK, to encourage visitors to engage with the cemetery in new ways. The system comprised indoor and outdoor components. The outdoor components were mobile devices given…

A mobile app designed to facilitate a self-guided tour of Nashville City Cemetery in Nashville, TN. The app displays a map that shows the user's location as determined by GPS plus the location of points of interest within the cemetery. For each point…

A mobile app designed to facilitate a self-guided tour of Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY. The app displays a map that shows the user's location as determined by GPS plus the location of points of interest within the cemetery. For each point of…

A video display system designed to be installed at the foot of a grave and operated by remote control. The display panel is on an electrical lifting mechanism, which raises it to waist height while in use. When switched off, the display panel…

A prototype wearable electronic system designed to facilitate a self-guided audio tour of Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia. The system comprises a backpack with a tablet computer and personal GPS tracking system, a set of headphones and a…

A design for a gravesite holographic projection system, filed to the United States Patent and Trademark Office in September 2003. The patent described the system as follows: "A system for conveying information about a deceased individual. The system…

A mobile app designed to facilitate a self-guided tour of Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, GA. The app displays a map that shows the user's location as determined by GPS plus the location of points of interest within the cemetery. For each point of…

An audiovisual display system embedded in a gravestone and operated by a remote control device. The patent for the system describes it as follows: "A tombstone for communicating audio and visual data related to the deceased from the tombstone to a…