Patent ID: 7274385

Claim:
An apparatus for use with a communication card including a receiver for receiving audio and video data of the type that is transmitted via a public communication line, the apparatus comprising: a housing in the form of a desktop display or a wall-hung display; and a display screen disposed on a front surface of the housing, the housing including a slot for receiving and reading information on the communication card while the card is installed in the slot, the slot being arranged for enabling the card to be easily inserted manually into and removed from the slot without using tools, the slot including a signal pickup arrangement for coupling the received audio and video data to a data separator permanently mounted in the housing; the data separator being arranged for separating the received audio and video data into separated audio data and separated video data for causing the separated video data to be displayed on the display screen and the separated audio data to be supplied to a speaker while the card is inserted in the slot, the housing including another slot for receiving a semiconductor memory card for storing audio and video data, the housing including an interface for supplying the audio and video data stored on the memory card to the data separator while the memory card is inserted into the another slot.