Wireless attached reader screen for cell phones
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1. A display device comprising:
- a housing configured to be hand-held;
a communication means within the housing configured to request and receive content from a local content source device external to the housing, wherein the local content source comprises a portable device with a display screen configured to display the content; and
an e-ink display integrated with the housing and configured to display and store a static image of the content on an e-ink memory of the e-ink display; and
user input means for controlling the receiving and displaying of the content on the e-ink display;
wherein the content corresponds to a book and the static image of the content corresponds to a page of the book;
wherein the e-ink memory is configured to store only a single static image at a time, and the static image is removed from the e-ink memory when a second static image is received from the local content source.
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Abstract
A display device is provided comprising a housing, a communication means within the housing configured to receive content from a local content source device external to the housing and to transmit messages to the local content source device, wherein the content comprises a static screen image, a storage means configured to store the content having been received from the content source device, wherein the storage means stores no more than a single static screen image and a display configured to display the content. A method for use with the display device is further provided.
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1. A display device comprising:
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a housing configured to be hand-held; a communication means within the housing configured to request and receive content from a local content source device external to the housing, wherein the local content source comprises a portable device with a display screen configured to display the content; and an e-ink display integrated with the housing and configured to display and store a static image of the content on an e-ink memory of the e-ink display; and user input means for controlling the receiving and displaying of the content on the e-ink display; wherein the content corresponds to a book and the static image of the content corresponds to a page of the book; wherein the e-ink memory is configured to store only a single static image at a time, and the static image is removed from the e-ink memory when a second static image is received from the local content source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for use with a display device comprising:
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establishing a communication channel with a local content source device external to the display device, wherein the local content source comprises a portable device with a display screen and the display device receives content corresponding to a single static screen image and transmits requests to the local content source device through the communication channel; receiving a first content at the display device from the local content source device, wherein the first content corresponds to a first single static screen image; storing the first content in a storage means, wherein the storage means comprises an e-ink memory of an e-ink display; displaying the first content on the e-ink display; receiving a second content at the display device, wherein the second content corresponds to a second single static image; displaying the second content on the e-ink display; and removing the first content from the e-ink memory in response to displaying the second content; wherein the first single static screen image and the second single static image corresponds to pages of a book. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for use with a display device comprising:
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establishing a communication channel with a local content source device external to the display device wherein the local content source comprises a portable device with a display screen; receiving the first content from the local content source device, wherein the first content corresponds to a first single static screen image; storing the first content in a storage means, wherein the storage means comprise an e-ink memory of an e-ink display; displaying the first content on the e-ink display; receiving a user request; displaying a second content corresponding to the user request on the e-ink display, wherein the second content corresponds to a second single static image; and removing the first content from the e-ink memory in response to displaying the second content; wherein the first single static screen image and the second single static image corresponds to pages of a book. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A system for displaying content comprising:
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a local content source device having a display application stored thereon configured to transmit content currently being displayed at an external device one static screen image at a time wherein the local content sources comprises a display screen configured to display the content; and a remote display device configured to establish a connection with the local content source device and to receive and display the content at the display device; wherein the local content device is configured to; transmit a first single static screen image corresponding to a content to the local display device; and transmit a second single static screen image corresponding to the content to the local display device only in response to receiving a request from the local display device; and wherein the remote display device comprises an e-ink display and is configures to display and store a single static screen image on an e-ink memory of the e-ink display; and wherein the first single static screen image and the second single static image corresponds to pages of a book. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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