Inventors:
Josef A. Mandelbaum - Beachwood OH, US
Rajiv Jain - Monte Sereno CA, US
Allison Marsh - Ravenna OH, US
Kimberly Bikowski - Avon OH, US
Cathy Tasse - Westlake OH, US
David Mayer - Bay Village OH, US
Eliza DeVogel - Lakewood OH, US
Katalina Speck - Westlake OH, US
Mary McClain - Shaker Heights OH, US
Sharon Bogdanski - Westlake OH, US
Mindy Leeders - Canton OH, US
Catherine Gruntman - Dearborn MI, US
Assignee:
American Greetings Corporation - Cleveland OH
International Classification:
G09F 27/00
US Classification:
4012403, 40455, 40463, 40717
Abstract:
Electronic greeting cards include a greeting card with two or more interconnected panels in combination with a digital multimedia player device which includes an electronic display and an audio output, and circuitry which is operative to receive, store and play digital multimedia files and content. The various greeting card structures cover and encapsulate or otherwise house and adorn the digital multimedia player. Digital files are loaded on to the digital multimedia player by a connection to a network, or directly from a data storage device such as an SD card or USB connection or compact flash which interfaces with a port in the digital multimedia player. Pre-recorded digital multimedia greeting card content is either pre-loaded on a portable data storage device, or selected for purchase and downloaded or transferred for replay by the digital multimedia player of the electronic greeting card.