Digital image viewing - II
First Claim
1. A system for displaying a user'"'"'s personal digital photographic images, the system comprising a combination of:
- a gaming console for playing a video game;
the gaming console including a communications means for connecting the gaming console to a wide area network;
a domestic visual display unit for displaying the video game to the user when connected with the console; and
a permanent data store connected to the wide area network, the permanent data store storing the user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data and comprising transmission means for transmitting part or all of the user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data to the gaming console;
a portable digital data store including a viewing application program, the viewing application program comprising a communications program for receiving the user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data from the permanent data store via the communications means and the wide area network, the viewing application program being arranged to configure the gaming console to display the digitised photographic image data on the domestic visual display unit when the user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data has been received by the gaming console.
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Abstract
A system (180, 210) for displaying a user'"'"'s personal digitised photographic image data in a comparable manner to a photo album is described. The system (180, 210) comprises a combination of: a gaming console (120) for playing a video game; the gaming console (120) including a modem (122) for connecting the gaming console to the Internet (126); a domestic television (12) for displaying the video game to the user when connected with the console (120); and a permanent data store (176) connected to the Internet, the permanent data store (176) storing the user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data (24) and comprising an Internet server (178) for transmitting part or all of the user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data (24) to the gaming console (120); and a portable CD (162) including a viewing application program (26), the viewing application program comprising a communications applet (130) for receiving the user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data (24) from the permanent data store (176) via the modem (122) and the Internet (126). The viewing application program (26) is arranged to configure the gaming console (120) to display the digitised photographic image data (24) on the domestic television (12) when the user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data (24) has been received by the gaming console (120).
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26 Claims
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1. A system for displaying a user'"'"'s personal digital photographic images, the system comprising a combination of:
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a gaming console for playing a video game;
the gaming console including a communications means for connecting the gaming console to a wide area network;
a domestic visual display unit for displaying the video game to the user when connected with the console; and
a permanent data store connected to the wide area network, the permanent data store storing the user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data and comprising transmission means for transmitting part or all of the user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data to the gaming console;
a portable digital data store including a viewing application program, the viewing application program comprising a communications program for receiving the user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data from the permanent data store via the communications means and the wide area network, the viewing application program being arranged to configure the gaming console to display the digitised photographic image data on the domestic visual display unit when the user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data has been received by the gaming console. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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19. A system for displaying a user'"'"'s personal digital photographic images, the system comprising a combination of:
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a gaming console for playing a video game;
the gaming console including a data communications module for connecting the gaming console to a wide area network;
a domestic visual display unit for displaying the video game to the user when connected with the console; and
a permanent data store connected to the wide area network, the permanent data store storing the user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data and comprising transmission means for transmitting part or all of the user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data to the gaming console;
a portable digital data store including a plurality of user-selectable viewing application programs and a communications program for receiving the user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data from the permanent data store via the communications means and the wide area network, the plurality of viewing application programs being arranged to provide different algorithms for displaying the user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data in different ways and being arranged to configure the gaming console to display the digitised photographic image data on the domestic visual display unit in a user-selected way when the user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data has been received by the gaming console.
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21. A system for displaying a first user'"'"'s personal digital photographic images, the system comprising a combination of:
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a gaming console for playing a video game;
the gaming console including a data communications module for connecting the gaming console to a wide area network;
a domestic visual display unit for displaying the video game to the first user when connected with the console;
a permanent data store connected to the wide area network, the permanent data store storing the first user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data and comprising transmission means for transmitting part or all of the first user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data to the gaming console via the wide area network;
a portable digital data store including a viewing application program and a communications program for receiving the first user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data from the permanent data store via the communications means and the wide area network, the viewing application program being arranged to configure the gaming console to display the digitised photographic image data on the domestic visual display unit when the first user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data has been received by the gaming console;
a further gaming console for playing a video game;
the further gaming console including a further data communications module for connecting the further gaming console to the wide area network;
a further domestic visual display unit for displaying the video game to a -.second user when connected with the console; and
a further portable digital data store including a further viewing application program, the further viewing application program comprising a further communications program for receiving the first user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data from the permanent data store via the further communications means and the wide area network, the further viewing application program being arranged to configure the further gaming console to display the first user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data on the further domestic visual display unit when the first user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data has been received by the further gaming console. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of viewing a user'"'"'s photographic image data, the method comprising:
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digitising the user'"'"'s photographic image data;
selecting a viewing application program for viewing the user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data;
recording the user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data in a permanent data store, the permanent data store being connected to a wide area network;
recording the selected viewing application program and a communications program onto a portable digital data store having a format suitable for use in a video gaming console;
running the selected viewing application program and the communications program on a video gaming console by reading the portable digital data store;
retrieving the user'"'"'s digitised photographic image data from the permanent data store by using the communications program to connect to the wide area network; and
displaying the retrieved digitised photographic image data using the selected viewing application program on a domestic visual display unit connected to the video gaming console.
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Specification