Method and System for Remotely Controlling The Display of Photos in a Digital Picture Frame
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1. A system for enabling a user to utilize a web site to manage digital photos for access by a digital picture frame, wherein the digital picture frame supports data packet based communications over a mobile network system, the system comprising:
- a web server component configured to record actions taken by the user on the web site to manage the digital photos;
a communications engine component configured to;
(i) initiate a network connection with the digital picture frame, (ii) extract, for each action, a set of file system operation instructions, and (iii) transmit each set of file system operation instructions to the digital picture frame through the network connection; and
a client application component resident on the digital picture frame configured to (i) receive file system operation instructions from the communications engine component and (ii) perform file system operations corresponding to the received file system operation instructions on the file system of the digital picture frame.
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Abstract
A system is provided for enabling a user to access a centralized account through a web browser on a terminal in order to remotely manage the display of digital photos on a digital picture frame. Any modifications made by user through the web browser are transparently sent to the digital picture frame where a client application receives such modification information and interacts with the frame'"'"'s file system to reconcile such modifications.
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1. A system for enabling a user to utilize a web site to manage digital photos for access by a digital picture frame, wherein the digital picture frame supports data packet based communications over a mobile network system, the system comprising:
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a web server component configured to record actions taken by the user on the web site to manage the digital photos; a communications engine component configured to;
(i) initiate a network connection with the digital picture frame, (ii) extract, for each action, a set of file system operation instructions, and (iii) transmit each set of file system operation instructions to the digital picture frame through the network connection; anda client application component resident on the digital picture frame configured to (i) receive file system operation instructions from the communications engine component and (ii) perform file system operations corresponding to the received file system operation instructions on the file system of the digital picture frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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- 6. A digital picture frame for displaying digital photos received from a remote server, the digital picture frame comprising a network communication component for communicating with the server over a cellular wireless network system.
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13. A method for providing a user a web site to manage digital photos for display on a digital picture frame capable of communications through a cellular wireless network, the method comprising:
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recording actions taken by the user on the web site; extracting, for each action, a set of file system operation instructions; initiating a wireless network connection with the digital picture frame; and transmitting each set of file system operations instructions to the digital picture frame through the wireless network connection. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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