INFORMATION DEVICE
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1. A device for obtaining, storing and displaying personalized information from a first remote information server via the Internet over a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), the device comprising:
- an antenna for transmitting and receiving digital data over the air;
a WLAN transceiver coupled to said antenna for bi-directional packet-based digital data communication over the air, via said antenna, with another WLAN transceiver of the same type;
a first memory coupled to said WLAN transceiver for storing digital data received by said WLAN transceiver;
a display for visually presenting an information, said display being coupled to said memory for displaying information stored in the first memory; and
a single enclosure housing said antenna, said WLAN transceiver, said first memory and said display, said single enclosure having dimensions and an appearance of a conventional flat, wall-mountable framed picture,wherein said device is addressable in the WLAN, and said device is operative for communicating over the WLAN with the first remote information server via the Internet for receiving information therefrom, and for storing and displaying the received information.
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Abstract
A device for obtaining, storing and displaying information from a remote server, the device has a modem for establishing communication sessions with the remote server. A memory coupled to the modem stores the obtained information, and a display is coupled to the memory for displaying the stored information. The device automatically and periodically communicates with the remote server for obtaining the information.
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1. A device for obtaining, storing and displaying personalized information from a first remote information server via the Internet over a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), the device comprising:
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an antenna for transmitting and receiving digital data over the air; a WLAN transceiver coupled to said antenna for bi-directional packet-based digital data communication over the air, via said antenna, with another WLAN transceiver of the same type; a first memory coupled to said WLAN transceiver for storing digital data received by said WLAN transceiver; a display for visually presenting an information, said display being coupled to said memory for displaying information stored in the first memory; and a single enclosure housing said antenna, said WLAN transceiver, said first memory and said display, said single enclosure having dimensions and an appearance of a conventional flat, wall-mountable framed picture, wherein said device is addressable in the WLAN, and said device is operative for communicating over the WLAN with the first remote information server via the Internet for receiving information therefrom, and for storing and displaying the received information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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84. A device dedicated for obtaining, storing and displaying information requested by a user from a single dedicated remote information server via the Internet using a digital data cellular network, the device comprising:
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a cellular antenna for transmitting and receiving digital data over the air via the digital data cellular network; a cellular modem coupled to said cellular antenna for bi-directional packet-based digital data communication with the digital data cellular network; a first memory coupled to said cellular modem for storing information contained in digital data received from the Internet via said digital data cellular network; a display for visually presenting information, said display being coupled to said first memory for displaying information stored in the first memory; a second memory for storing a digital address uniquely identifying the user; a third memory for storing data identifying the information requested by the user; a fourth memory for storing a digital address uniquely identifying the device in the Internet; and a single enclosure having a thin flat picture appearance housing said cellular antenna, said cellular modem, said first memory and said display, wherein said device is operative to obtain from the user, and store in said second memory, the digital address uniquely identifying the user and to obtain, and store in said third memory, the information requested by the user, and wherein said device is further operative for communicating over the cellular network and via the Internet with the single dedicated remote information server, for transmitting to the server the digital address uniquely identifying the user, the data identifying the information requested by the user and the digital address uniquely identifying the device in the Internet, for receiving requested information from the server, and for storing the requested information in said first memory and displaying the received information from said first memory. - View Dependent Claims (85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140)
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