Personal data assistant (PDA) using a remote server for processing

• US 20020143723A1
• Filed: 09/07/2001
• Published: 10/03/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Tsai, Wen-Sung
• Application Number:
  US09/682,484
• Publication Number:
  US 20020143723A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A personal data assistant (PDA) that is connected to a server via a network. The server has application programs. The PDA has a housing, a memory installed in the housing for storing programs and data, a processor electrically connected to the memory for executing the programs stored in the memory, a display panel installed on the housing for displaying data, and an input device for inputting data. The PDA can send a file to the server via the network. The server can then open the file using a corresponding application program and send a picture image of the opened file back to the PDA.

Claims

1. A personal data assistant (PDA) connected to a server via a network, the server having a plurality of application programs, the PDA comprising:

a housing;

a memory installed in the housing for storing programs and data;

a processor electrically connected to the memory for executing the programs stored in the memory;

a display panel installed on the housing for displaying data; and

an input device for inputting data;

wherein the PDA is capable of sending a file to the server via the network, the server then opening the file using a corresponding application program and sending a picture image of the opened file back to the PDA.

2. The PDA of claim 1 wherein the PDA and the server each comprise a data transceiving module, the file being sent from the data transceiving module of the PDA to the data transceiving module of the server so that the server is capable of opening the file.

3. The PDA of claim 2 wherein when the server opens the file, the server will transmit the picture image via the data transceiving module of the server to the data transceiving module of the PDA so that the display panel is capable of displaying the opened file.

4. The PDA of claim 3 wherein when the server opens the file, a user is capable of using the input device to enter a user instruction, the user instruction being transmitted from the data transceiving module of the PDA to the data transceiving module of the server so that the server is capable of executing the user instruction, and then the server transmitting a picture image generated by executing the user instruction to the data transceiving module of the PDA from the data transceiving module of the server so that the display panel is capable of displaying the picture image.

5. The PDA of claim 2 wherein a user is capable of using the input device to enter a file back instruction, the file back instruction being transmitted from the data transceiving module of the PDA to the data transceiving module of the server, when receiving the file back instruction, the server transmitting the file back to the PDA via the data transceiving module of the server back and the data transceiving module of the PDA.

6. The PDA of claim 2 wherein a user is capable of using the input device to enter a file close instruction, the file close instruction being transmitted from the data transceiving module of the PDA to the data transceiving module of the server so as to make the server close the file.

7. The PDA of claim 1 wherein the network is an internet.

8. The PDA of claim 1 wherein the memory is a flash memory.