Viewer system for a wireless device

• US 6,750,850 B2
• Filed: 11/12/1998
• Issued: 06/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: OʼLeary, Michael J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shalwala, Bipin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kovalick, Vincent E.
• Application Number:
  US09/191,848
• Publication Number:
  US 20010050675A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,042 Days
• Field of Search: 345/146, 345/169, 345/352, 345/902, 455/31.2, 455/31.3, 455/90, 455/556, 455/566, 455/575, 707/102
• US Class Current: 345/169
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/117 Tagging; Marking up details of markup languages G06F40/143; Designating a block; Setting of attributes style sheets, e.g. eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation [XSLT], G06F40/154
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/123 Storage facilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/149 Adaptation of the text data for streaming purposes, e.g. Efficient XML Interchange [EXI] format
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/151 Transformation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/197 Version control for software G06F8/71
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0227 Filtering policies mail message filtering H04L51/212
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0263 Rule management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/04 Protocols for data compression, e.g. ROHC
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A system and method for rendering information on a wireless personal information manager device includes reading viewing control parameters in a dataset stored in memory on the device. The dataset further includes a plurality of records to be selectively viewed. The viewing control parameters are processed to render the records selectively on the device.

Claims

1. A method of rendering dataset information on a wireless personal information manager device by performing steps comprising:

identifying a dataset stored in memory on the device using an identifier associated with the dataset, the dataset comprising a plurality of similarly structured records,

each record having a plurality of fields, and viewing control parameters stored in the data set, such that each data set contains its corresponding viewing parameters associated with the plurality of records that indicate how the records are to be rendered;

reading viewing control parameters in the dataset; and

processing the viewing control parameters to render the records selectively on the device as a function of the viewing control parameters.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the viewing control parameters include a list of actions available for managing the dataset.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the viewing control parameters include a description of each field.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the description includes a portion designating a title of each field.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the description includes a portion designating a type of each field.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the description includes a portion designating an amount of characters to display.

7. The method of claim 3 wherein the description includes a portion designating where on a screen to display data.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the screen is organized in columns and rows and the portion designating where on the screen to display data includes a first portion designating row information and a second portion designating column information.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the first portion includes a first subportion designating which row to begin displaying data and a second subportion designating how many rows of the screen to use to display data.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the viewing control parameters include a value indicative of types of views that can be displayed.

11. A computer readable medium including instructions readable by a wireless personal information manager device which, when implemented, cause the device to render dataset information on the device by performing steps comprising:

identifying a dataset stored in memory on the device using an identifier associated with the dataset, the dataset comprising a plurality of similarly structured records, each record having a plurality of fields, and viewing control parameters stored in the data set, such that each data set contains its corresponding viewing parameters associated with the plurality of records that indicate how the records are to be rendered;

reading viewing control parameters in the dataset; and

1processing the viewing control parameters to render the records selectively on the device as a function of the viewing control parameters.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 11 wherein the viewing control parameters include a list of actions available for managing the dataset.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 11 wherein the viewing control parameters include a description of each field.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 13 wherein the description includes a portion designating a title of each field.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 14 wherein the description includes a portion designating a type of each field.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein the description includes a portion designating an amount of characters to display.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 11 wherein the viewing control parameters include a value indicative of types of views that can be displayed.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 13 wherein the description includes a portion designating where on a screen to display data.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 18 wherein the first portion includes a first subportion designating which row to begin displaying data and a second subportion designating how many rows of the screen to use to display data.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 11 wherein the viewing control parameters include a value indicative of types of views that can be displayed.

21. A wireless personal information manager device comprising:

a display;

a memory device for storing a dataset comprising an identifier, a plurality of similarly structured records, each record having a plurality of fields, and viewing control parameters stored in the data set, such that each data set contains its corresponding viewing parameters associated with the plurality of records that indicate how the records are to be rendered; and

a viewer module coupled to the display and coupled to the memory device to access the dataset, the viewer module identifying the dataset using the identifier and reading the viewing control parameters to display the records as a function of the viewing control parameters.

22. The device of claim 21 wherein the viewing control parameters include a list of actions available for managing the dataset.

23. The device of claim 21 wherein the viewing control parameters include a description of each field.

24. The device of claim 23 wherein the description includes a portion designating a title of each field.

25. The device of claim 24 wherein the description includes a portion designating a type of each field.

26. The device of claim 25 wherein the description includes a portion designating an amount of characters to display.

27. The device of claim 23 wherein the description includes a portion designating where on the display to display data.

28. The device of claim 27 wherein the display is organized in columns and rows and the portion designating where on the display to display data includes a first portion designating row information and a second portion designating column information.

29. The device of claim 28 wherein the first portion includes a first subportion designating which row to begin displaying data and a second subportion designating how many rows of the display to use to display data.

30. The device of claim 21 wherein the viewing control parameters include a value indicative of types of views that can be displayed.

31. A wireless personal information manager device having a display and a memory for storing a dataset, the dataset comprising:

an identifier associated with the dataset;

a plurality of similarly structured records, each record having a plurality of fields; and

a set of viewing control parameters stored in the data set, such that each data set contains its corresponding viewing parameters associated with plurality of records that indicate how the records are to be rendered.

32. The device of claim 31 wherein the set of viewing control parameters include a list of actions available for managing the dataset.

33. The device of claim 31 wherein the set of viewing control parameters include a description of each field.

34. The device of claim 33 wherein the description includes a portion designating a title of each field.

35. The device of claim 34 wherein the description includes a portion designating a type of each field.

36. The device of claim 35 wherein the description includes a portion designating an amount of characters to display.

37. The device of claim 33 wherein the description includes a portion designating where on the display to display data.

38. The device of claim 37 wherein the display is organized in columns and rows and a portion designating where on the display to display data includes a first portion designating row information and a second portion designating column information.

39. The device of claim 38 wherein the first portion includes a first subportion designating which row to begin displaying data and a second subportion designating how many rows of the display to use to display data.

40. The device of claim 31 wherein the set of viewing control parameters include a value indicative of types of views that can be displayed.