Well. It's more of a concept right now so as such, not patented. And it's kind of stupid so I doubt it ever will be. I'll explain.
Originally I had a system where I would hang pre-written post-it notes stuck to paperclips on a magnet from a hard disk drive. This had some problems like the wind of people walking past would spin them around and stuff.

While it was amusing playing with it for a while it had too many problems to replace the fancy phone-based system that everyone else in the company used. Not to mention only distracting people's attention from my paperclip version of a skyhook.


On to the new and improved version! It's a lot more user friendly, easy to read (for those who aren't exactly spring chickens anymore), and with a little more work, it will have Outlook integration!

When I have a bit more spare time I'm going to add some little foil contacts connected to a usb micro controller that completes a circuit when the arrow is set to various positions and sets my status on the pc! Investors are welcome at this point. Send cash to my desk.