Patent ID: 8812365

Claim:
A digital photo frame configured to display a user's private photograph data locally-resident in the digital photo frame and network-transmitted advertisements, the digital photo frame comprising: a power control and supply unit configured to supply electrical power to the digital photo frame, wherein the power control and supply unit is operatively connected to a battery or an external electrical outlet; a display driver and a display-related circuitry inside the digital photo frame, wherein the display driver and the display-related circuitry are configured to generate a stationary or moving image on a display panel of the digital photo frame; an input/output port unit configured to receive incoming data into the digital photo frame or transmit outgoing data out of the digital photo frame, wherein the input/output port unit is either a wired port, a wireless port, or a combination thereof; a central processing unit operatively connected to a memory unit, a system control unit, the power control and supply unit, the display driver and the display-related circuitry, and/or the input/output port unit, wherein the central processing unit executes a slideshow sequence that alternates displaying an advertising slide from a first set of advertising slides transmitted by a remote advertising data distribution center and a user's private photograph slide from the user's private photograph data locally-resident in the user's own digital photo frame, and wherein the user's private photograph data remains private in the user's own digital photo frame without being uploaded to a computer server or data network; and an advertising-update unit, wherein the advertising-update unit is configured to create, update, replace, or modify the first set of advertising slides based on an incoming advertisement data transmission from the remote advertisement data distribution center, and the central processing unit executes the slideshow sequence by integrating the one or more of the updated first set of advertising slides.