Methods and apparatuses for displaying content through a storage device

• US 20050226593A1
• Filed: 03/31/2004
• Published: 10/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Glassman, Ellen, Feinberg, Paul H., Farrage, David, Takagi, Yumiko, Koza, Michelle
• Granted Patent: US 7,616,860 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/353
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4135 external recorder interface circuits between an apparatus for recording television signals and a television receiver H04N5/775
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4184 providing storage capabilities, e.g. memory stick
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence

Abstract

In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses store content on a storage device; detach the storage device from a recorder/playback device; and display the content on the storage device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

storing content on a storage device;

detaching the storage device from a recorder/playback device; and

displaying the content on the storage device.

2. The method according to claim 1 further comprising connecting the storage device and the recorder/playback device.

3. The method according to claim 1 further comprising transmitting the content from the recorder/playback device to the storage device.

4. The method according to claim 1 further comprising selecting a particular content to display on the storage device.

5. The method according to claim 1 further comprising selecting a mode to display content.

9. The method according to claim 1 wherein the recorder/playback device is a digital camera.

10. The method according to claim 1 wherein the recorder/playback device is a video camera.

11. The method according to claim 1 wherein the recorder/playback device is an audio recorder/player.

12. The method according to claim 1 wherein the recorder/playback device is a computer.

13. The method according to claim 1 wherein the recorder/playback device is a television.

6. The method according to claim 6 wherein the mode includes displaying a single piece of content.

7. The method according to claim 6 wherein the mode includes sequentially displaying multiple pieces of content.

8. The method according to claim 6 wherein the mode includes simultaneously displaying multiple pieces of content.

14. A system comprising:

means for storing content on a storage device;

means for detaching the storage device from a recorder/playback device; and

means for displaying the content on the storage device.

15. A storage device, comprising:

a storage module to store content;

a display module to display the content within the storage module;

and

an interface module for receiving the content from a recorder/playback device.

16. The device according to claim 15 further comprising an attachment area for connecting the storage device to another object.

17. The device according to claim 16 wherein the object is the recorder/playback device.

18. The device according to claim 15 wherein the interface module connects with the recorder/playback device via a wireless network.

19. The device according to claim 15 wherein the interface module receives an instruction to select a particular piece of the content to display.

20. The device according to claim 15 wherein the interface module receives an instruction to select a mode to display the content.

21. A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing a method comprising:

storing content on a storage device;

detaching the storage device from a recorder/playback device; and

displaying the content on the storage device.