Master/slave modular display system
AssigneeThe Social Wall Ltd.
InventorHeather Slade
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Abstract
A digital photo frame system is described herein. The system comprises a master digital photo frame configured to display a master media and a plurality of slave digital photo frames configured to display a plurality of slave media. The master digital photo frame is configured to provide power to the plurality of slave digital photo frames, and receive a media package from a storage location. The media package comprises the master media and the plurality of slave media. The master digital photo frame is configured to send each of the plurality of slave media to a respective slave photo frame.
Claims23
A digital photo frame system comprising:
- a master digital photo frame configured to display a master media;
- a plurality of slave digital photo frames configured to display a plurality of slave media;
- wherein the master digital photo frame is configured to:
- provide power to the plurality of slave digital photo frames;
- receive a media package from a storage location, wherein the media package comprises:
- the master media;
- and,
- the plurality of slave media;
- and wherein the master digital photo frame is configured to send each of the plurality of slave media to a respective slave photo frame.
The digital photo frame system of any preceding claim, wherein the master digital photo frame comprises:
- a computing device interface configured to wirelessly receive media package requests from a computing device.
The digital photo frame system of any preceding claim, wherein the master digital photo frame comprises:
- a slave communications interface configured to:
- transmit slave media from the master digital photo frame to the slave digital photo frames.
The digital photo frame system of any of the preceding claims, wherein the master digital photo frame is configured to:
- generate a map of the digital photo frame system based on respective locations of the plurality of slave digital photo frames to the master digital photo frame;
- and
- send the generated map to a computing device.
The digital photo frame system of any preceding claim wherein:
- each of the master digital photo frame and the plurality of slave digital photo frames comprises an orientation sensor configured to determine an orientation of each of the frames;
- and,
- each of the master digital photo frame and the plurality of slave digital photo frames is configured to display the respective media at an orientation based on the determined orientation of the frame.
The digital photo frame system of any preceding claim, wherein at least any two of:
- the master digital photo frame;
- and
- the plurality of slave digital photo frames;
- comprise contiguous coupling means configured to allow releasable contiguous coupling of any two of the digital photo frames.
A master digital display comprising:
- a display configured to display a master media;
- one or more connectors configured to:
- provide power to one or more slave digital displays;
- send slave media to one or more slave digital displays;
- a media interface configured to wirelessly transmit media package requests to a remote storage location, and wirelessly receive the media package from the storage location;
- and
- a computing device interface configured to wirelessly receive media package requests from a computing device.
A slave digital display comprising:
- a display configured to display a slave media;
- one or more connectors configured to:
- receive power from a master digital display;
- receive slave media from the master digital display;
- and a processor configured to provide an identifier to the master digital display for uniquely identifying the slave digital display.
A computer program for use with a computing device, the computer program is configured to:
- generate a map of a digital photo frame display system comprising a master digital photo frame and a plurality of slave digital photo frames by performing the steps of:
- generating, on a display of the computing device, a representation of each of the master digital photo frame and the plurality of slave digital photo frames;
- receiving, from an input of computing device, identifiers from each of the master digital photo frame and the slave digital photo frames;
- assigning, each of the identifiers to each respective representation of the master digital photo frame and the slave digital photo frames.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.