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US 2010/0073387 A1Published application
Display device with embedded networking capability
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsUmesh G. Jani, Anne E. French
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Abstract
A display device with embedded networking capability is described herein. The display device uses at least a portion of a memory of the display device, the memory of which is used for storing video/image data in the display, to store networking codes for establishing and maintaining the network connection.
Claims25
A method, comprising:
- providing a display system that comprises an electronic circuit, said electronic circuit comprising a processor and a memory to which the processor has access;
- displaying an image, comprising:
- storing a set of image data in the memory;
- and
- displaying the image by using the image data stored in the memory;
- and
- establishing a network connection, comprising:
- storing at least a portion of a set of instructions and data in at least a portion of said memory;
- and
- executing the set of instructions and data so as to establish a network connection between the display device and the network.
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The method of claim from 10, wherein the trigger signal is delivered from a remote network controller through a network.
A display device, comprising:
- a control unit, comprising:
- a memory embedded in the control unit;
- a micro-processor having access to the memory;
- a network interface through which the control unit interfaces a physical layer of a network;
- and
- a set of network codes stored in the memory, wherein the set of networking codes is for establishing a network connection between the control unit and a network;
- and
- a display for display an image.
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A method for operating a display device, the method comprising:
- establishing at least a minimal network connection to a network when the display device is powered on, comprising:
- storing at least a portion of a set of instructions and data for establishing the network connection in at least a portion of a memory;
- and
- executing the set of instructions and data so as to establish the network connection between the display device and the network;
- and
- entering into a display mode upon receiving a trigger signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.