Novel personal electronics device
First Claim
1. A method of providing for the passage of information between a hand-held device and a second device displaced from the hand-held device, including the step of:
- providing a first processor at the hand-held device, provide a second processor at the hand-held device, the second processor requiring a greater use of energy than the first processor, providing a device of energy at the hand-held device for operating the first and second processors, providing normally for the operation of the first processor in processing data and providing for the operation of the second processor, at particular times in place of the first processor, in processing data, storing data in the first processor for use in operating the second processor, and providing for the transfer of the data from the first processor to the second processor when the second processor is to be used for processing data.
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Abstract
First (embedded) and second (non-embedded) processors are energized by an energy source in a hand-held device. The second processor performs functions requiring more power than those performed by the first processor. The second processor is normally asleep and is awakened by the first processor and is empowered, when awakened, to perform functions. Only the portions of the second processor required to perform these functions are activated. Protocols for functions to be performed by the second processor are provided initially to the second processor and are processed in the second processor. They are then transferred to the first processor for storage. When the second processor is activated to perform functions represented by a protocol, the protocol is transferred to the second processor and the functions are performed by the second processor.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of providing for the passage of information between a hand-held device and a second device displaced from the hand-held device, including the step of:
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providing a first processor at the hand-held device, provide a second processor at the hand-held device, the second processor requiring a greater use of energy than the first processor, providing a device of energy at the hand-held device for operating the first and second processors, providing normally for the operation of the first processor in processing data and providing for the operation of the second processor, at particular times in place of the first processor, in processing data, storing data in the first processor for use in operating the second processor, and providing for the transfer of the data from the first processor to the second processor when the second processor is to be used for processing data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of providing for the passage of information between a hand-held device and a second device displaced from the hand-held device, including the steps of:
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providing an embedded processor at the hand-held device, providing a non-embedded processor at the hand-held device, providing a permanent memory for storing data for the embedded processor and the non-embedded processor, providing for a continued activation of the embedded processor and for an activation of the non-embedded processor when the non-embedded processor is to be used to process data, storing data in the permanent memory for the non-embedded processor, providing a temporary memory in the non-embedded processor for the data to be processed in the non-embedded processor, and providing for a transfer to the permanent memory of the data in the temporary memory for use in the non-embedded processor when the non-embedded processor is to be activated to process data. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of providing for the passage of information between a hand-held device and a second device displaced from the hand-held device, including the steps of:
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providing an embedded processor for processing first data, providing a non-embedded processor for processing second data different from the first data, providing for the non-embedded processor to be in a sleep state and to be awakened by the embedded processor from the sleep state when the non-embedded processor is to process the second data, providing for a single source of energy for the embedded processor and the non-embedded processor, introducing new protocols, and changes in and additions to existing protocols, into an extension form registry at the non-embedded processor, and transferring the protocols in the extension form registry at the non-embedded processor to the embedded processor for storage by the embedded processor and for use in performing the protocols at the non-embedded processor. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of providing for the passage of information between a hand-held device and a second device displaced from the hand-held device, including the steps of:
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providing at the hand-held device a first processor capable of performing first protocols, providing at the hand-held device a second processor capable of performing second functions different from the first functions and requiring more power than the power required by the first functions, providing power at the hand-held device for the first processor and for the second processor only when the second processor is to perform one of the second functions, providing the second protocols initially to the second processor, and transferring the second protocols to the first processor for retention in the first processor. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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