Patent ID: 8089559

Claim:
A digital photo frame (DPF) with a picture-in-picture (PIP) output function comprising a DPF mode and a television (TV) mode, the DPF comprising: a TV receiving module configured for receiving broadcasts over different TV channels; a PIP button configured for activating a PIP output mode of the DPF; a processor comprising: a TV tuning module configured for tuning the TV receiving module to a selected TV channel; and a PIP output module configured for defining a PIP region on a display module of the DPF upon receiving a PIP signal transferred from the PIP button, and outputting the multimedia files and broadcast contents of the selected TV channel on the display module in the PIP output mode, exchanging output regions for the multimedia files and the broadcast contents of the selected TV channel according to the signals transferred from the PIP button under the PIP output mode, automatically storing the settings and progress of playing the multimedia files when the PIP output module switches the multimedia files to the PIP region according to the signals transferred from the PIP button under the PIP mode, and further fetching the stored settings and progress of playing the multimedia files and resuming the play of the multimedia files when the DPF is switched from the PIP output mode to the DPF mode.