DATA STORAGE DEVICE WITH DATA INPUT FUNCTION
First Claim
1. A data storage device having:
- a non-volatile memory;
a wireless transceiver for transmitting and receiving data;
a control processor for storing data received by the wireless transceiver in the memory, and for extracting data from the memory and transmitting it to the wireless transceiver for transmission;
a housing having an outer profile including a stylus portion defining a tip; and
one or more position sensing devices in fixed positional relationship to the housing; and
wherein manipulating the data storage device to be proximate to a first electronic device causes the one or more position sensing devices to generate position data which comprises (a) data indicating a position on a screen of the first electronic device, a representation of a file being displayed at the position on the screen, and (b) data providing a command for the first electronic device to transmit the file to the data storage device, the data storage device storing the file in the non-volatile memory.
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Abstract
A data storage device 5 having a storage capacity of at least 8 Mbyte is surrounded by a housing including a stylus portion 23, having a tip 25 for indicating a position. The stylus includes a position sensing device for generating position data indicative of the position of stylus. The stylus further includes wireless communication means for transmitting and/or receiving data for storage, and also transmitting the position data. The position sensing device may be an accelerometer. Alternatively, it may be a laser-reading head 243, for generating a signal based on received reflections from an emitted laser beam 245. The data storage device may further include an audio sensor 142, 242, and be arranged to distinguish vocal commands in the output of the audio sensor 142, 242.
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14 Claims
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1. A data storage device having:
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a non-volatile memory; a wireless transceiver for transmitting and receiving data; a control processor for storing data received by the wireless transceiver in the memory, and for extracting data from the memory and transmitting it to the wireless transceiver for transmission; a housing having an outer profile including a stylus portion defining a tip; and one or more position sensing devices in fixed positional relationship to the housing; and wherein manipulating the data storage device to be proximate to a first electronic device causes the one or more position sensing devices to generate position data which comprises (a) data indicating a position on a screen of the first electronic device, a representation of a file being displayed at the position on the screen, and (b) data providing a command for the first electronic device to transmit the file to the data storage device, the data storage device storing the file in the non-volatile memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of transferring data between a first and second electronic device using a data storage device, the method including:
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(i) manipulating the data storage device proximate the first electronic device to cause the one or more position sensing devices to generate position data which comprises (a) data indicating a position on a screen of the first electronic device, a representation of a file being displayed at said position on the screen, and (b) data indicating a command for the first electronic device to transmit the file to the data storage device, the data storage device storing the file in the non-volatile memory; (ii) moving the data storage device to be proximate to the second electronic device; and (ii) causing the data storage device to transmit the data to the second electronic device.
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