Portable computer with touch screen and computer system employing same
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1. A self-contained, general-purpose, portable, keyboardless computer comprising:
- A. a combined input/output device including a display for displaying outputs on a touch-sensitive screen, said screen superposed over said display and configured for manual entry of responses;
B. memory means for storing any of a plurality of data collection applications, an operating system and data, said data collection applications determining contents and formats of said outputs displayed on said screen;
C. a central processing unit connected to said memory means and said input/output device for executing said data collection applications stored in said memory means; and
D. an application generator for generating said data collection applications and for creating different functional libraries relating to said contents and said formats displayed on said screen, said application generator operating in conjunction with said operating system to partition said memory means for storing said data collection applications and libraries.
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A portable, self-contained, general-purpose, keyboardless computer utilizes a touch screen display for data entry purposes. An application generator allows the user to develop data entry applications by combining the features of sequential libraries, consequential libraries, help libraries, syntax libraries, and pictogram libraries into an integrated data entry application. A run time utility allows the processor to execute the data entry application.
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1. A self-contained, general-purpose, portable, keyboardless computer comprising:
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A. a combined input/output device including a display for displaying outputs on a touch-sensitive screen, said screen superposed over said display and configured for manual entry of responses; B. memory means for storing any of a plurality of data collection applications, an operating system and data, said data collection applications determining contents and formats of said outputs displayed on said screen; C. a central processing unit connected to said memory means and said input/output device for executing said data collection applications stored in said memory means; and D. an application generator for generating said data collection applications and for creating different functional libraries relating to said contents and said formats displayed on said screen, said application generator operating in conjunction with said operating system to partition said memory means for storing said data collection applications and libraries. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A portable, keyboardless, computer comprising:
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an input/output device for displaying inquiries on a touch-sensitive screen, said screen configured for entry of responses to said inquiries; a memory for storing at least one data collection application configured to determine contents and formats of said inquiries displayed on said screen; a processor coupled to said memory and said input/output device for executing said data collection application; and an application generator for generating said data collection application and for creating different functional libraries relating to said contents and said formats displayed on said screen, said application generator further comprising means for cross-referencing responses to said inquiries with possible responses from one of said libraries; and a run-time utility operating in conjunction with said processor to execute said application and said libraries to facilitate data collection operations. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A portable, keyboardless, data collection unit comprising:
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an input/output device for displaying and entering information on a touch-sensitive screen; a memory for storing a data collection application and various functional libraries relating to contents and formats of said information displayed on said screen; a processor coupled to said memory and said input/output device for executing said data collection application; and a run-time utility operating in conjunction with said processor to execute said application and said libraries to facilitate data collection operations. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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