Digital photographic display device
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1. A digital photographic display frame comprising:
- a processor;
a non-transitory tangible memory including instructions that are executable by the processor;
a communication module responsive to the processor; and
a touch screen display, the touch screen display responsive to the processor to display a digital photographic image and to provide a touch screen number pad interface, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to;
provide a graphical user interface at the touch screen display to enable associating a first time of day with a first digital photographic image and to store a table including the first time of day and a reference to the first digital photographic image and a second time of day and a second reference to a second digital photographic image to enable the touch screen display to display the first digital photographic image at the first time of day and to display the second digital photographic image at the second time of day, the first digital photographic image different from the second digital photographic image;
receive a third digital photographic image in a first format via the communication module;
convert the third digital photographic image from the first format to a second format that is compatible with the touch screen display in response to determining that the first format is incompatible with the touch screen display;
associate an audio message with a fourth digital photographic image, wherein when the fourth digital photographic image is displayed, the audio message is played;
display a text message that is associated with at least one of a particular time of day, a fifth digital photographic image, and a particular caller identifier;
display a second text message in response to receiving an alert message from a remote calendar system;
initiate a voice-over-internet-protocol (VoIP) telephone call via the communication module in response to a number entered via the touch screen number pad interface; and
replace a sixth digital photographic image that is displayed at the touch screen display with a seventh digital photographic image, the seventh digital photographic image associated with the number entered via the touch screen number pad interface; and
a security interface capable of being coupled to a security system that includes at least a camera, wherein the touch screen display is operable to switch from displaying one of a plurality of digital photographic images to displaying image data from the camera in response to at least one of a pressing of a doorbell button, a detection of motion, and a user selected query, wherein the plurality of digital photographic images includes at least one of the first, the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, and the seventh digital photographic images.
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Abstract
A digital photographic display frame includes a processor, a communication module responsive to the processor, and a touch screen display. The touch screen display is responsive to the processor to display a digital photographic image and to provide a touch screen number pad interface. The processor is configured to initiate a voice-over-internet protocol (VoIP) telephone call via the communications module in response to a number entered via the touch screen number pad interface.
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1. A digital photographic display frame comprising:
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a processor; a non-transitory tangible memory including instructions that are executable by the processor; a communication module responsive to the processor; and a touch screen display, the touch screen display responsive to the processor to display a digital photographic image and to provide a touch screen number pad interface, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to; provide a graphical user interface at the touch screen display to enable associating a first time of day with a first digital photographic image and to store a table including the first time of day and a reference to the first digital photographic image and a second time of day and a second reference to a second digital photographic image to enable the touch screen display to display the first digital photographic image at the first time of day and to display the second digital photographic image at the second time of day, the first digital photographic image different from the second digital photographic image; receive a third digital photographic image in a first format via the communication module; convert the third digital photographic image from the first format to a second format that is compatible with the touch screen display in response to determining that the first format is incompatible with the touch screen display; associate an audio message with a fourth digital photographic image, wherein when the fourth digital photographic image is displayed, the audio message is played; display a text message that is associated with at least one of a particular time of day, a fifth digital photographic image, and a particular caller identifier; display a second text message in response to receiving an alert message from a remote calendar system; initiate a voice-over-internet-protocol (VoIP) telephone call via the communication module in response to a number entered via the touch screen number pad interface; and
replace a sixth digital photographic image that is displayed at the touch screen display with a seventh digital photographic image, the seventh digital photographic image associated with the number entered via the touch screen number pad interface; anda security interface capable of being coupled to a security system that includes at least a camera, wherein the touch screen display is operable to switch from displaying one of a plurality of digital photographic images to displaying image data from the camera in response to at least one of a pressing of a doorbell button, a detection of motion, and a user selected query, wherein the plurality of digital photographic images includes at least one of the first, the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, and the seventh digital photographic images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A digital photographic display frame device comprising:
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a processor; a display screen to display a digital image; a non-transitory tangible memory including instructions that are executable by the processor, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to; provide a graphical user interface at the display screen to enable associating a first time of day with a first digital image and to store a table including the first time of day and a reference to the first digital image and a second time of day and a second reference to a second digital image to enable the display screen to display the first digital image at the first time of day and to display the second digital image at the second time of day, the first digital image different from the second digital image; receive a third digital image in a first format; convert the third digital image from the first format to a second format that is compatible with the display screen in response to determining that the first format is incompatible with the display screen; associate an audio message with a fourth digital image, wherein when the fourth digital image is displayed, the audio message is played; display a text message that is associated with at least one of a particular time of day, a fifth digital image, and a particular caller identifier; display a second text message in response to receiving an alert message from a remote calendar system; display a sixth digital image at the display screen and replace the sixth digital image with a seventh digital image when the seventh digital image is associated with outgoing call data; a decorative frame around the display screen, the decorative frame configured to be hung on a wall; a voice-over-internet-protocol (VoIP) telephone module responsive to the processor; and a security interface capable of being coupled to a security system that includes at least a camera, wherein the display screen is operable to switch from displaying one of a plurality of digital images to displaying image data from the camera in response to at least one of a pressing of a doorbell button, a detection of motion, and a user selected query, wherein the plurality of digital images includes at least one of the first, the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, and the seventh digital images. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A digital photographic display frame comprising:
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a processor; a display device to display a digital image; a non-transitory tangible memory accessible to the processor, the non-transitory tangible memory to store instructions that are executable by the processor; a voice-over-internet-protocol telephone module accessible to the processor; a speaker responsive to the processor; and a microphone accessible to the processor, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to; provide a graphical user interface at the display device to enable associating a first time of day with a first digital image and to store a table including the first time of day and a reference to the first digital image and a second time of day and a second reference to a second digital image to enable the display device to display the first digital image at the first time of day and to display the second digital image at the second time of day, the first digital image different from the second digital image; receive a set of digital images; determine whether at least one digital image of the set of digital images is in a first format that is incompatible with the display device; convert the at least one digital image from the first format to a second format that is compatible with the display device; store the set of digital images at the non-transitory tangible memory; store data at the non-transitory tangible memory associating a third digital image from the set of digital images with outgoing call data; replace the at least one digital image with the third digital image when the outgoing call data is received; associate an audio message with a fourth digital image, wherein when the fourth digital image is displayed, the audio message is played; display a text message that is associated with at least one of a particular time of day, a fifth digital image, and a particular caller identifier; and display a second text message in response to receiving an alert message from a remote calendar system; and a security interface capable of being coupled to a security system that includes at least a camera, wherein the display device is operable to switch from displaying one of a plurality of digital images to displaying image data from the camera in response to a detected event, wherein the plurality of digital images includes at least one of the first, the second, the third, the fourth, and the fifth digital images. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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