Method, personal digital assistant, and computer-readable medium for exchange of information
First Claim
1. A method of obtaining information by a personal digital assistant (PDA), comprising:
- storing a record in a database of a first PDA, the record maintaining a first data element;
transmitting an interrogation command to a second PDA, the interrogation command comprising a copy of the first data element;
receiving a result signal by the first PDA, the result signal indicative of an interrogation performed by the second PDA on an interrogated database maintained thereby; and
providing an indication, on an output device of the first PDA, of the result signal indicative of the occurrence of a correspondence between the first data element and a data element of the interrogated database.
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Abstract
A method of obtaining information by a personal digital assistant (PDA) comprising storing a record in a database of a first PDA, the record maintaining a first data element, transmitting an interrogation command to a second PDA, the interrogation command comprising a copy of the first data element, receiving a result signal by the first PDA, the result signal indicative of an interrogation performed by the second PDA on an interrogated database maintained thereby, and providing an indication, on an output device of the first PDA, of the result signal indicative of the occurrence of a correspondence between the first data element and a data element of the interrogated database is provided.
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31 Claims
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1. A method of obtaining information by a personal digital assistant (PDA), comprising:
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storing a record in a database of a first PDA, the record maintaining a first data element;
transmitting an interrogation command to a second PDA, the interrogation command comprising a copy of the first data element;
receiving a result signal by the first PDA, the result signal indicative of an interrogation performed by the second PDA on an interrogated database maintained thereby; and
providing an indication, on an output device of the first PDA, of the result signal indicative of the occurrence of a correspondence between the first data element and a data element of the interrogated database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of providing information by a personal digital assistant (PDA), comprising:
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receiving, by a first PDA, an interrogation command transmitted by a second PDA, the interrogation command comprising a first data element; and
interrogating a database maintained by the first PDA with the interrogation command; and
providing an indication of a result of the interrogation on an output device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A personal digital assistant (PDA) for obtaining information, comprising:
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a processor;
an input/output communication port operable to transmit data to an external database and receive information from the external database;
an input/output device operable to receive input from a user of the PDA and provide output thereto, the input/output device operable to receive an interrogation request through interaction therewith by a user of the PDA; and
a memory module maintaining a program and a first database therein, the processor and the program comprising logic to direct the processor to transmit an interrogation command to the external database via the input/output communication port, the interrogation command including a copy of a data element of a first record of the first database, the input/output communication port operable to receive a response comprising an indication of whether a correspondence between the interrogation command and the external database is determined, the program operable to invoke the input/output device and direct output thereto indicative of the response. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A personal digital assistant (PDA) for providing information, comprising:
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a processor;
an input/output communication port operable to receive and transmit data;
an input/output device operable to receive input from a user of the PDA and provide output thereto; and
a memory module maintaining a program and a database therein, the program comprising logic to direct the processor to process an interrogation command received by the input/output communication port and to interrogate the database with the interrogation command, the program further comprising logic to direct the processor to generate a result signal comprising an indication of whether a correspondence between the interrogation command and the database is determined and further comprising logic to output the result signal via the input/output communication port, the program operable to invoke the input/output device and direct output thereto indicative of the result signal. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for obtaining information for display on a personal digital assistant, comprising:
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means for storing a first record of a first database on a first personal digital assistant, the first record maintaining a first data element;
means for transmitting an interrogation command to a second personal digital assistant, the interrogation command including the first data element;
means for receiving the interrogation command by the second personal digital assistant;
means for interrogating a first record of a second database of the second personal digital assistant, the second record maintaining a second data element; and
means for providing an indication of a result of the interrogation on an output device of at least one of the first personal digital assistant and the second personal digital assistant. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions to be executed, the set of instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a computer method of:
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reading an interrogation command comprising a data element;
interrogating a record of a database;
providing an output indicative of results of the interrogation; and
providing additional output indicative of the results of the interrogation upon authorization input by a user associated with the database. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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Specification