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System and method for controlling data transfer between multiple interconnected computer systems with an untethered stylus

  • US 5,579,481 A
  • Filed: 05/01/1995
  • Issued: 11/26/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of transferring data between interconnected data processing systems, the method comprising the steps of:

  • assigning a user to a portable stylus which contains an identification of the user that is detectable by each of the data processing systems;

    selecting, with said portable stylus, data from a first one of the data processing systems for transfer to an unidentified one of the data processing systems;

    detecting the identification at a second one of the data processing systems via the portable stylus; and

    transferring, in response to the detection of the identification, the selected data to the second data processing system.

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