Portable audio/video output device having data storage and selective pictorial display

• Main Authors: CHRISTINE CHING-HUI CHUANG, JEROEN GEERT BIJSMANS, RACHEL LUCY MURPHY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.01.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ACOUSTICS; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; BROADCAST COMMUNICATION; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING,NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES

A portable audio/video output device (10) has a display (18), a data storage means (36a, Fig.2), a selection means (31) and connection means (38, Fig.2). The display means is arranged to provide a pictorial representation (46, Fig.5) indicative of some or all of the stored data. The selection means (31) are arranged to select a portion of the data in response to an input from a user of the device viewing the pictorial representation (46, Fig.5). The connection means (38, Fig.2) is provided to transfer data between the device (10) and a network element (44, Fig.2).