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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1997
Thomas J Barnes, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for displaying images and/or reproducing sound on a PC card. According to one aspect of the invention, a PC card is disclosed that includes an interface to a data processing device to obtain data representing a set of one or more images from the data processing device. The PC card further includes a memory to store the data, and a display to display the set of images. According to another aspect of the invention, the data may represent sound data, which could be processed by circuitry included in the PC card to reproduce sound. According to yet another aspect of the invention, a method for displaying images on a PC card is provided, by storing a first set of data representing a set of one or more images to a storage area of the PC card, and displaying the set of one or more images on a display of the PC card. According to another aspect of the invention, a method is provided for transferring sound data to the PC card for sound reproduction by the PC card.