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Inexpensive world wide web terminal appliance using disk synchronized with raster refresh for storage of displayed pages

  • US 5,734,835 A
  • Filed: 06/28/1996
  • Issued: 03/31/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A terminal appliance for receiving and displaying information in page form from a network, the appliance comprising:

  • a communication interface for coupling to the network to receive the information therefrom;

    a display interface for coupling to a display device having a predetermined display image refresh time interval;

    means for rendering information received through the communication interface;

    a disk storage device for storing rendered pages of information received through the communication interface and rendered by the means for rendering, the disk storage device having a period of revolution substantially synchronized with the predetermined display image refresh time interval; and

    means for reading a rendered page of information in synchronization with the period of revolution of the disk storage device, and for directly providing the page of information to the display interface for display on the display device in synchronization with the display device'"'"'s predetermined display image refresh time interval.

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