Apparatus for the display of embedded information

Abstract

An apparatus for the electronic display of information, where the apparatus is a substrate incorporating a digital recording medium attached to or embedded within the substrate. The substrate further includes a flexible-substrate display located on an exposed surface of the substrate, where the display is a medium capable of selectively displaying one of at least two possible colors at each pixel location thereon in order to produce a substrate medium that may be modified in accordance with a user's selection.

1 . A device for the electronic display of information, comprising:
 a frame substrate into which the device is permanently embedded;   a digital recording medium associated with the device, wherein information stored by the digital recording medium is received through a wireless source and is stored by the digital recording medium;   an updateable, flexible substrate display located on an exposed surface of the device, wherein said substrate display includes a display medium capable of selectively displaying one of at least two possible colors at a plurality of pixel locations thereon, where the substrate display includes an updateable electrophoretic display unit;   where the flexible substrate display changes state in response to a signal generated from information stored in the digital recording medium, and wherein the display substrate is employed to display and update textual and graphic information in the nature of an electronic book; and   where the device further includes a portable power supply for providing power to said digital recording medium and said substrate display and, at least one user-interactive element that allows a user to selectively alter the display of information on the substrate display.   
     
     
         2 . A device for the electronic display of information, comprising:
 a frame substrate into which the device is permanently embedded;   a digital recording medium associated with the device, wherein information stored by the digital recording medium is received through a wireless source and is stored by the digital recording medium;   an updateable, flexible substrate display located on an exposed surface of the device, wherein said substrate display includes a display medium capable of selectively displaying one of at least two possible colors at a plurality of pixel locations thereon, where the substrate display includes an updateable electrophoretic display unit;   where the flexible substrate display changes state in response to a signal generated from information stored in the digital recording medium, and wherein the display substrate is employed to display and update textual and graphic information in the nature of an electronic book; and   where the device further includes a portable power supply for providing power to said digital recording medium and said substrate display and, at least one user-interactive element that allows a user to selectively alter the display of information on the substrate display, wherein said user-interactive element includes a touch-sensitive device embedded within the substrate.