METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PORTABLE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES
First Claim
1. A portable electronic photo album comprising:
- a housing structure, having first and second planar side surfaces substantially parallel to each other and a region of a substantially uniform thickness between them that is at least small enough so that the housing can be swiped through a conventional credit card swiping device by a user, comprising;
an electronic display;
a storage device operable to store a plurality of user-provided digital images;
a first input device operable to receive inputs that indicate which one or more images of the plurality of user-provided images are to be displayed; and
processing circuitry operable to cause the electronic display to display the indicated selection of images.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for providing portable photographic images are described. The present invention includes a small, portable electronic display unit that may be placed within a wallet or purse. The display unit may include an input port for downloading digital images from a computer or digital camera. The display unit may also include one or more buttons to provide a user with the ability to select an image for display from a given set of digital images that have been stored in memory. The display unit may be preloaded with one or more digital images, or it may be configured to be loaded by a user. The digital images may, for example, include still digital photographs or short video clips that have been captured from a digital camera.
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20 Claims
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1. A portable electronic photo album comprising:
a housing structure, having first and second planar side surfaces substantially parallel to each other and a region of a substantially uniform thickness between them that is at least small enough so that the housing can be swiped through a conventional credit card swiping device by a user, comprising; an electronic display; a storage device operable to store a plurality of user-provided digital images; a first input device operable to receive inputs that indicate which one or more images of the plurality of user-provided images are to be displayed; and processing circuitry operable to cause the electronic display to display the indicated selection of images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A credit card-sized system comprising:
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a display device; a storage device operable to store a plurality of user-provided digital images; a working memory operable to store a particular digital image of the plurality of user-provided digital images for displaying on the display device; and a processor operable to swap the particular digital image stored in the working memory with another digital image of the plurality of user-provided digital images.
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19. A method for displaying user-provided digital images on a portable photo album comprising:
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storing a plurality of user-provided digital images in a memory; receiving instructions from a processor to display a particular digital image of the plurality; and displaying the particular digital image on a display, wherein the memory, processor, and display are comprised in a housing structure of the portable photo album having first and second planar side surfaces substantially parallel to each other and a region of a substantially uniform thickness between them that is at least small enough so that the housing structure can be swiped through a conventional credit card swiping device by a user. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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