Patent ID: 7518624
Filing Date: 2009-04-14
Classification: G06Q,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for presentation of audiovisual information, the system comprising: a display module housing having a cutaway portion; a display panel disposed in the display module housing and operable to present visual information as pixels organized in rows and columns; a timing controller disposed in the display module housing and interfaced with the display panel, the timing controller operable to communicate visual information to the rows and columns; speakers associated with the display module housing and operable to present audio information as sounds; an external interface module housing sized to fit in the cutaway portion as an integral unit, the external interface module having a single visual information interface positioned proximate the cutaway portion to interface with the timing controller and having a single audio information interface positioned proximate the cutaway portion to interface with the speakers; and an external interface module disposed in the external interface module housing, the external interface module having external visual interface components operable to receive external visual information and communicate the visual information to the single visual information interface and having external audio interface components operable to receive external audio information and communicate the audio information to the single audio information interface.