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Method and apparatus for accessing a common database from a mobile device and a computing device

  • US 6,895,234 B1
  • Filed: 10/01/1999
  • Issued: 05/17/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for accessing data contained in a data network system, comprising:

  • sending a request to a server hosting the data to retrieve the data by activating a key of a mobile device, the request being sent by executing a first set of program instructions in the mobile device, wherein the mobile device has a display screen and is in communication, over a wireless data network with the server, and further, wherein the data is associated with the mobile device and is also accessible by a computing device executing a second set of program instructions and coupled to the server through a data network;

    receiving the data from the server via the wireless data network, the data presented in a first format interpretable by the first set of program instructions; and

    displaying the data on the display screen of the mobile device.

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