Remote data access and management system

• US 6,157,935 A
• Filed: 12/17/1996
• Issued: 12/05/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc., Xxent Corporation
• Original Assignee: Xxent Corporation
• Inventors: Anthony, Craig A., Tran, Bao Q.
• Primary Examiner(s): Feild, Joseph H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kindred, Alford W.
• Application Number:
  US08/767,833
• Time in Patent Office: 1,449 Days
• Field of Search: 707/503, 707/504, 707/508, 707/509, 707/517, 707/513, 707/541-500, 382/187, 382/188, 382/186, 382/181, 382/182
• US Class Current: 715/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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

Abstract

A portable computer system manages data for a user using a processor; a program storage device coupled to said processor; an input recognizer embodied in said program storage device, said input recognizer adapted to receive non-cursive handwritings from said user and convert said non-cursive handwritings into text data; and a computer readable code embodied in said program storage device and coupled to said input recognizer for receiving said non-cursive handwritings, said computer readable code storing said data and allowing said user to process said data.

Claims

1. A hand held computer system for managing data for a user, comprising:

processor;

an input recognizer embodied in said program storage device, said input recognizer adapted to receive non-cursive handwritings from said user and convert said non-cursive handwritings into computer readable data;

said handwritings being a set of modified characters;

a program storage device coupled to said processor;

a computer readable code embodied in said program storage device and coupled to said input recognizer for receiving said non-cursive handwritings, said computer readable code storing said data and allowing said user to process said data, wherein said computer readable code is a spreadsheet; and

said hand held computer system further comprising a peripheral device selected from the group consisting of a camera, a scanner, a tuner, audio system, a modem, a voice recorder, and a display, said peripheral device coupled to said communication unit to provide data to said spreadsheet in a non-contact manner.

2. The portable computer system of claim 1, further comprising a magnifier code coupled to said spreadsheet code and said input recognizer code, said magnifier code zooming in or out of portions of said spreadsheet upon demand by said user to improve the readability of said spreadsheet.

3. The portable computer system of claim 1, wherein said computer readable code is a spreadsheet, further comprising:

a scanner removably coupled to said processor; and

an optical character recognition (OCR) engine coupled to said processor, said scanner and said spreadsheet.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer readable code is a database.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer readable code is a software agent.

6. The portable computer system of claim 1, wherein said computer readable code is a spreadsheet, further comprising:

an analog to digital converter coupled to said processor;

a microphone coupled to said voice recorder; and

a speech recognizer coupled to said processor, said analog to digital converter and to said spreadsheet.

7. The portable computer system of claim 1, wherein said computer readable code is a spreadsheet, further comprising a communications unit coupled to said processor and to said spreadsheet.

8. The portable computer system of claim 1, wherein said computer readable code is a spreadsheet, further comprising a browser coupled to said spreadsheet.

10. The portable computer of claim 1, wherein said browser is adapted to operate with an intermediate language, said browser further comprising:

an intermediate language parser; and

an intermediate language interpreter coupled to said parser, said interpreter performing actions in accordance with said intermediate language.

11. The portable computer system of claim 1, further comprising:

a digital simultaneous voice data (DSVD) modem coupled to said processor, said DSVD modem adapted to communicate with a remote DSVD modem; and

a blackboard code for receiving data from said remote DSVD modem and displaying said data to a user.

12. The portable computer system of claim 1, further comprising:

a data storage device coupled to said processor; and

a file system code for linking said processor to said data storage device, said file system allowing applications to open and close files stored on said data storage device.

13. The portable computer of claim 11, further comprising:

an application executing on said computer, said application generating one or more messages having one or more instructions;

a data compression engine coupled to said application, said data compression engine generating a compressed message from said application message; and

a message man pager coupled to said data compression engine, said message manager adapted to transmit said compressed message over a media.

14. The portable computer of claim 13, further comprising:

a resource;

a decompression engine adapted to receive said compressed message and decoding said application message from said compressed message;

an event manager coupled to said decompression engine, said event manager queuing said application message; and

an event handler coupled to said event manager and to said resource, said handler accessing said resource in accordance with said message instructions.

9. A hand held computer system for managing data for a user, comprising:

a processor;

an input recognizer embodied in said program storage device, said input recognizer adapted to receive non-cursive handwritings from said user and convert said non-cursive handwritings into computer readable data;

a program storage device coupled to said processor;

a computer readable code embodied in said program storage device and coupled to said input recognizer for receiving said non-cursive handwritings, said handwritings being a set of modified characters, said computer readable code storing said data and allowing said user to process said data, wherein said computer readable code is a browser; and

said browser adapted to operate with an intermediate language.

15. The portable computer system of claim 9, further comprising a Java compiler or interpreter coupled to said processor.

16. The portable computer system of claim 9, further comprising an intelligent agent adapted to be sent by said processor to a remote network for data collection purposes.

17. A hand held computer system for managing data for a user, comprising:

a processor;

an input recognizer embodied in said program storage device, said input recognizer adapted to receive non-cursive handwritings from said user and convert said non-cursive handwritings into computer readable data,

a program storage device coupled to said processor,

a computer readable code embodied in said program storage device and coupled to said input reconsider for receiving said non-cursive handwritings, said handwritings being a set of modified characters, said computer readable code storing said data and allowing said user to process said data; and

an intelligent agent adapted to be sent by said processor to a remote network for data collection purposes, said intelligent agent further comprising;

a first code for specifying a goal for said intelligent agent;

a second code coupled to said first code for sending said agent over a network;

a third code coupled to said second code, said third code mining databases existing on said network in search of data satisfying said goal, and

a fourth code coupled to said third code for reporting results back to the hand held computer.