Appliance with built-in integrated communication port

• US 20040003150A1
• Filed: 06/28/2002
• Published: 01/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Deguchi, Yuichiro
• Application Number:
  US10/184,446
• Publication Number:
  US 20040003150A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/62
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/409 Mechanical coupling back panels H05K7/1438
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07732 the record carrier having a housing or construction similar to well-known portable memory devices, such as SD cards, USB or memory sticks housings for electrical equipment in general, see H05K5/02

Abstract

A portable electronic device having integrated communication interface port for direct connection to a host device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a personal digital assistant, a mobile telephone, an electronic music marker device, and a portable e-mail device, where each of these devices are provided with a communication interface port integrated to the housing of the device such that the devices can be directly connected to a host device such as a desktop computer or a server terminal which are provided with complimentary interface ports.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a housing; and

a communication interface port integrated to said housing for direct connection to a host device.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said direct connection includes one of a physical connection and a wireless connection.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein said host device includes a host interface port for connecting to said communication interface port.

4. The device of claim 3 wherein said communication interface port is a male USB port and said host interface port is a female USB port.

5. The device of claim 4 wherein said direct connection is configured to support a data transfer rate of up to approximately 12 Mbits/second.

6. The device of claim 3 wherein each of said communication interface port and said host interface port is an IEEE 1394 interface port.

7. The device of claim 6 wherein said direct connection is configured to support a data transfer rate of approximately 25 Mbits/second to 400 Mbits/second.

8. The device of claim 3 wherein each of said communication interface port and said host interface port is a PCMCIA interface port.

9. The device of claim 8 wherein said direct connection is configured to support a data transfer rate of approximately 850 Mbits/second.

10. The device of claim 3 wherein each of said communication interface port and said host interface port is an infrared interface port.

11. The device of claim 10 wherein said direct connection is configured to support a data transfer rate of approximately 10 Mbits/second.

12. The device of claim 3 wherein each of said communication interface port and said host interface port is a Bluetooth interface port.

13. The device of claim 12 wherein said direct connection is configured to support a data channel of approximately 1 Mbits/second.

14. The device of claim 12 wherein said direct connection is configured to operate at a frequency 2.45 GHz.

15. The device of claim 1 wherein said portable device includes one of a personal digital assistant, a mobile telephone, an electronic music marker, and a mobile pager device, and further wherein said host device includes one of a personal computer and a server terminal.

16. A method, comprising:

directly connecting a communication port integrated to a portable device to an interface port of a host device; and

transferring data between said portable device and said host device.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein said data transferring step includes:

detecting said connection between said communication port and said interface port; and

initiating data transfer between said portable device and said host device.

18. The method of claim 16 further comprising disconnecting said communication port of said portable device from said interface port of said host device.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein said disconnecting step includes:

detecting a data transfer termination signal; and

separating said communication port from said interface port.

20. The method of claim 16 further including:

connecting to a server terminal; and

transferring data received from said portable device to said server terminal.

21. The method of claim 20 further including receiving data from said server terminal corresponding to transferred data.

22. The method of claim 16 wherein said data transferred from said portable device to said host device includes at least one data mark.

23. The method of claim 16 wherein said directly connecting step includes establishing one of a physical communication connection and a wireless communication connection between said portable device and said host device.

24. The method of claim 23 wherein said physical communication connection includes one of a USB interface connection, IEEE 1394 interface connection, and a PCMCIA interface connection, and further, wherein said wireless communication connection includes one of an infrared communication connection and a piconet personal area network.

25. A portable electronic device, comprising:

means for housing a portable device; and

means for communicating integrated to said housing means for direct connection to a host device.