INTERFACE FOR PDA AND COMPUTING DEVICE

• US 20080305742A1
• Filed: 06/09/2008
• Published: 12/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: E-Lane Systems Inc., Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc. (Trak Global Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc. (Trak Global Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Basir, Otman A.
• Application Number:
  US12/135,646
• Publication Number:
  US 20080305742A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels

Abstract

An interface between PDAs and computing devices, such as a PC or an in-vehicle system permits a user to use the better user interface of the computing device to access and control the operation of the PDA.

Claims

1. A method of accessing a mobile device including the steps of:

establishing a connection between a computing device and the mobile device;

accessing information on the mobile device with the computing device; and

controlling operation of the mobile device with the computing device.

2. The method of claim 1 further including the step of modifying the information on the mobile device with the computing device.

3. The method of claim 1 further including the steps of:

displaying the information on the computing device; and

transmitting the information from the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1 further including the step of:

using a user input device on the computing device to send user input device signals to the computing device to modify the information on the mobile device as if the user input device were a user input device of the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1 further including the step of:

using a user input device on the computing device to send user input device signals to the computing device to control operation of the mobile device as if the user input device were a user input device of the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the computing device is an in-vehicle system.

7. The method of claim 1 further including the step of displaying the information on the computing device in a higher resolution user interface than that of the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the information is displayed on the computing device as if it were a display of the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the computing device is an in-vehicle system.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the display is installed in a vehicle.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile device includes a CPU receiving input device signals from an input device of the computing device, the CPU controlled by the input device signals.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the computing device controls the mobile device to create and send email based upon input from a user input device on the computing device.

13. A computer readable medium storing instructions which when executed by a processor performs the steps of:

establishing a connection with a mobile device;

accessing information on the mobile device; and

controlling operation of the mobile device.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 13 further including instructions which when executed by the process performs the step of:

modifying the information on the mobile device.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 13 further including instructions which when executed by the process performs the step of:

displaying the information on a display associated with and local to the processor; and

receiving the information from the mobile device.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 13 further including instructions which when executed by the process performs the step of:

receiving a user input device input signals; and

transmitting the user input signals to the mobile device.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 13 further including instructions which when executed by the process performs the step of:

controlling the mobile device to create and send email based upon input from a user input device.