Patent Application
20100315564
1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to an embedded electronic device, and particularly, to an embedded electronic device with rich content.
2. Description of Related Art
An embedded electronic device, such as a digital photo frame (DPF), for example, are becoming increasingly popular due to the convenience and ease of manipulation when implementing particular functions. However, the typical digital photo frame can only display the photos. The typical digital photo frame does not have more functions with rich content.
Many aspects of the embodiments can be better understood with references to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the embodiments. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
The disclosure is illustrated by way of example and not by way of limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings in which like references indicate similar elements. It should be noted that references to “an” or “one” embodiment in this disclosure are not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean at least one.
In general, the word “module,” as used herein, refers to logic embodied in hardware or firmware, or to a collection of software instructions, written in a programming language, such as, for example, Java, C, or assembly. One or more software instructions in the modules may be embedded in firmware, such as an EPROM. It will be appreciated that modules may comprised connected logic units, such as gates and flip-flops, and may comprise programmable units, such as programmable gate arrays or processors. The modules described herein may be implemented as either software and/or hardware modules and may be stored in any type of computer-readable medium or other computer storage device.
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The application specific library module 20 hides specific details of a foreground application, such as network protocols of HTTP. Thus, users do not need to know application details of the foreground application. Users can obtain what they want from the user interface. The source manager library module 30 is capable of retrieving different kinds of resources. The source manager library module 30 may, for example, retrieve resources from a database, a file system, a personal computer, and a digital media player and provide the resources to the foreground application module 10 to show.
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The system monitor module 50 controls hardware devices, monitors hardware events, system resources, and bridge events between different foreground applications and user interfaces. For example, when a foreground application is running in the embedded electronic device 100 and when an alarm application module is started, the system monitor module 50 monitors a bridge event between the alarm application module (user interface) and the foreground application to start the alarm application module. The system monitor module 50 informs the foreground application to start the alarm application module. The foreground application sends a request to the process handler module 40 to shut down the foreground application module and start the alarm application module. The system monitor module 50 also obtains information from a network controller module. The network controller module configures network connections for the foreground application module, monitors network interface status, and monitors IP configuration status.
The content getter module 60 is responsible for obtaining Internet data for the foreground application module 10. The content getter module 60 allows data to be downloaded without blocking foreground operations. For example, if a video is playing on the embedded electronic device 100 the content getter module 60 can still download data from the Internet while the video is still being played.
The Internet streaming daemon module 70 manages the Internet streaming applications, such as to fetch next songs to be played. The player controller module 80 has an interface for a third party media player. The player controller module 80 provides a simple interface for application specific requirements, such as mute, adjust volume, load a song, load alarm file, etc. The watchdog module 90 restarts the main menu when the foreground application crashes accidentally to ensure the embedded electronic device 100 continues to run normally.
It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the disclosure have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the invention, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200910303145.8 | Jun 2009 | CN | national |
