| US 7,599,177 B2 | ||
| Video dock for portable media player | ||
| Jennifer Jaffe, Portland, Oreg. (US); Scott Ballantyne, Fall City, Wash. (US); Steve Stark, Portland, Oreg. (US); Joe O'Sullivan, Singapore (Singapore); Phillip H. Salvatori, Salem, Oreg. (US); and Donald Rhodes, Lake Oswego, Oreg. (US) | ||
| Assigned to InFocus Corporation, Wilsonville, Oreg. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 12, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/609,868. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/749978, filed on Dec. 12, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0247794 A1, Oct. 25, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 361—679.41 [439/131; 363/98; 381/79; 361/679.4] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A docking station for a portable media player, the docking station comprising:
a docking connector to physically secure the portable media player;
a communication interface to communicatively couple the portable media player to the docking station when the docking connector
is physically securing the portable media player; and
a projection module operably linked to the communication interface and configured to receive video information from the portable
media player via the communication interface, and to project a video image derived from the video information away from the
docking station onto a viewing surface.
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