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Telephone unit having telephone directory with picture data and method for generating telephone directory with picture data

  • US 7,129,969 B2
  • Filed: 11/07/2001
  • Issued: 10/31/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A telephone unit having a telephone directory with picture data, comprising:

  • receiving means for receiving compressed moving picture data from a communication party;

    first decoding means for decoding said compressed moving picture data;

    encoding means for encoding one or more frames of the decoded moving picture data into a compressed still picture data;

    correlating means for correlating said compressed still picture data with a telephone number of said communication party; and

    registering means for registering said compressed still picture data and said telephone number with said telephone directory,wherein the still picture data generated by said encoding means is in conformity with a still picture format which is different from a moving picture format with which the moving picture data is in conformity, andwherein said compressed still picture and said telephone number are registered with said telephone directory in JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) format, said telephone number being recorded in a comment segment of a JPEG file.

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