Patent ID: 8325149
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. An interface apparatus, comprising: a main unit adapted to cause media files to be output to an output unit; an array of interface modules coupled to the main unit, the array of interface modules adapted to present an image to a user, wherein each interface module in the array of interface modules is adapted to be engaged by the user and to generate a signal when engaged by the user; a driver circuitry adapted to drive the array of interface modules to present an image to the user based, at least in part, upon a signal generated by a user's engagement with an interface module of the array of interface modules; and a remote unit coupled to the output unit, wherein each interface module in the array of interface modules comprises a touch-sensitive display adapted to generate the signal when engaged by the user, and wherein the touch-sensitive display comprises an e-ink display; wherein the main unit is further adapted to assign a content identifier to an interface module of the array of interface modules, the content identifier identifying a media file, wherein the interface modules are further adapted to be detachably coupled to the main unit and to the remote unit, and wherein the remote unit is adapted to access the content identifier assigned to the interface module coupled thereto and to transmit a media file request signal to the main unit based on the content identifier, the media file request signal adapted to cause the main unit to output a media file identified by the content identifier at the output unit.