Patent ID: 7107605
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a digital image frame coupled with a computer system via a local area network (LAN) comprising a display device surrounded by an enclosure modeled to resemble a picture frame, a buffer memory, a wireless LAN transceiver for use in exchanging data between the digital image frame and the computer system via the LAN, and a control system in communication with the display device, the buffer memory, and the wireless LAN transceiver, where the wireless LAN transceiver receives digital image data streamed from the computer system, the control system decodes the streamed digital image data received by the wireless LAN transceiver and stores the decoded digital image data in a portion of the buffer memory, the control system reads the decoded digital image data from the portion of the buffer memory to thereby display a representation of the decoded digital image data in the display, and the control system frees the portion of the buffer memory after a predetermined time period to thereby make the portion of the buffer memory available to store further decoded digital image data resulting from further digital image data streamed from the computer system and received by the wireless LAN transceiver.