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Mobile client computer interdependent display data fields

  • US 5,805,159 A
  • Filed: 08/22/1996
  • Issued: 09/08/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/22/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A mobile client computer comprising:

  • a housing sized to be held and manipulated by the hand of a user;

    a processor mounted within said housing for processing digital data;

    memory mounted within said housing for storing digital data and coupled to said processor;

    a display mounted in said housing and coupled to said processor and said memory for displaying information derived from digital data processed by said processor;

    an input digitizer mounted in said housing and overlaying said display, said digitizer being coupled to said processor for input of digital data by a user; and

    a control program stored in said memory and accessible by said processor for directing the processing of digital data by said processor;

    said control program and said processor cooperating, when said control program is executing on said processor, ina) displaying a form defining first and second data fields;

    b) exercising a predictive widget that predicts a data entry for a data field based on factors including frequency and recency of predetermined and prior data entries to supply a data entry for the first data field; and

    c) responding to the supplying of a data entry for the first data field by exercising a predictive widget that predicts a data entry for a data field based on factors including frequency and recency of predetermined and prior data entries to supply a data entry for the second data field.

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