System uses communication interface for configuring a simplified single header packet received from a PDA into multiple headers packet before transmitting to destination device
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1. A method of facilitating communication between a personal data assistant (PDA) and a computer server via a communication interface, comprising:
- receiving a data packet by a communication interface from a PDA, wherein the data packet is configured under a first format having a single identification header and includes a request to perform a process on the data packet;
reformatting the data packet with the communication interface to a universal format having a plurality of headers indicating information including the identification of the data packet and destination of the data packet for transmission to other devices; and
transmitting the reformatted data packet to a device.
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Abstract
The invention provides a communication interface that is configured to exchange digital data packets configured with a simplified header format with a PDA, and is further configured to exchange digital data configured with a conventional header format with a device such as a computer server communicating with a network, such as the Internet. When directed to exchange data between a PDA and a computer, the interface is capable of converting the header of a data packet from one header format to another header format. This allows seamless communication between the computer and the PDA.
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1. A method of facilitating communication between a personal data assistant (PDA) and a computer server via a communication interface, comprising:
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receiving a data packet by a communication interface from a PDA, wherein the data packet is configured under a first format having a single identification header and includes a request to perform a process on the data packet; reformatting the data packet with the communication interface to a universal format having a plurality of headers indicating information including the identification of the data packet and destination of the data packet for transmission to other devices; and transmitting the reformatted data packet to a device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method of facilitating communication between a personal data assistant (PDA) and a computer server via a communication interface, comprising:
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receiving data packet by a communication interface from a PDA, wherein the data packet is configured under a first format having a singe identification header, related data and a request to perform a process on the data packet; reformatting the data packet to a single packet with the communication interface to a universal format having a plurality of headers including the identification of the data packet and destination of the data packet for transmission to other devices that are configured to receive the data packet; and transmitting the reformatted data packet to a device. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A method of facilitating communication between a personal data assistant (PDA) and a computer server via a communication interface, comprising:
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receiving a data packet having a header configured under the OBEX protocol and having a single identification header and related data from a FDA to the communication interface; configuring the header of the received data packet to a plurality of headers configured under the TCP/IP protocol with the communication interface and transmitting the reconfigured data packet having multiple headers to the computer server; receiving a second data packet from the computer server, wherein the second data packet includes a plurality of headers configured under the TCP/IP protocol; creating a third data packet by reconfiguring the header of the received packet under the OBEX protocol with the communication interface by generating a plurality of data packets that each have a single identification header and associating the single header with related data; and transmitting the third data packet to the PDA.
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8. A system for communicating between a personal data assistant (PDA) and a computer comprising:
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a PDA having a processor configured to process digital data configured under a first header format, a memory for storing data, a wireless data transmitter for transmitting data configured under the first header format to a remote location, and a receiver configured to receive data configured under the first header format from a source location; a computer server configured to send, receive and process data formatted under a second header format; and a communication interface having a data processor that is configured to send and receive digital data configured under the first header format having a single header and related data to and from the PDA respectively, to send and receive digital data configured under the second header format having a plurality of headers to and from the computer server respectively, to receive and convert data transmitted under the first header format to the second header format and transmit the reformatted data to the computer server and to receive and convert data transmitted under the second header format to the first header format and transmit the reformatted data to the PDA. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of communicating between a personal data assistant (PDA) and a computer server via a communication interface, comprising:
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transmitting a data packet having a single identification header and configured under a first format from the PDA to the communication interface; configuring the header associated wit the received data with a second format to produce a data packet having a plurality of headers for use by a computer server with the communication interface and transmitting the reconfigured data packet to the computer server; processing the received data with the computer server; transmitting the processed data to the communication interface in a data packet configured under the second format; configuring the headers transmitted from the computer server to the communication interface that contains the processed data having the headers configured under the second format into a data packed configured under the first format by generating a reconfigured data packet derived from the data packet transmitted from the computer server to the communication interface and having a single identification header and associated data with the communication interface; transmitting the reconfigured data packet to the PDA; and receiving and processing the processed data sent via the reconfigured data packet that has the reconfigured header by and with the PDA.
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13. A method of facilitating communication between a personal data assistant (PDA) and a computer server via a communication interface, comprising:
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receiving a data packet having a header configured under a first protocol, including a single identification header and related data, from a PDA to the communication interface; configuring the header of the received data packet configured under the first protocol with the communication interface to produce a data packet configured under a second protocol having a plurality of headers by generating a plurality of identification headers that conforms with the second protocol arid transmitting the data packet configured under the second protocol to the computer server; receiving processed data from the computer server in a data packet configured under the second protocol and having a plurality of headers; configuring the processed data by reconfiguring the data packet received from the computer server to another data packet configured under the first protocol using the communication interface; and transmitting the reconfigured data packet having the processed data to the FDA.
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14. For use in a communication interface for communication between a personal data assistant (PDA) and the communication interface, the communication interface being configured to communicate with other devices via the internet and being further configured to facilitate data communication between the PDA and other devices, a computer readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of sequences of instructions, said sequences of instructions including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause said processor to perform the steps of:
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receiving from a PDA a data packet having a single header configured under a first format with the communication interface, where the data packet received includes a single data identification (ID) header and associated data; re-configuring the received data packet under a second format with the communication interface to produce a data packet that includes a multiple headers; and transmitting the re-configured data packet to a destination device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. For use in a communication interface for communication between a personal data assistant (PDA) and the communication interface, the communication interface being configured to communicate with other devices via the internet and being further configured to facilitate data communication between the PDA and other devices, a computer readable medium having stared thereon a plurality of sequences of instructions, said sequences of instructions including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause said processor to perform the steps of:
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receiving from a PDA a data packet having a header configured under a first format with the communication interface, where the data packet received includes a data identification (ID) header and associated data; re-configuring the received data packet under a second format with the communication interface to produce a data packet that includes a TCP header and an IP header; transmitting the re-configured data packet to a destination device, receiving another data packet configured under the second format at the communications interface; configuring a header for a new packet according to the first format having a single identification header and related data from the second format; and transmitting the second reconfigured packet from the communications interface to the PDA; wherein configuring the header of the data packet from the second format to the first format includes reconfiguring the first data packet from a data packet having a plurality of headers configured under the TCP/IP protocol to a data packet having a single header configured under the OBEX protocol.
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24. A communication interface configured to exchange digital data packets having communication headers with a computer server, wherein the received data packets are configured under a first format having a single identification header and associated data, with a PDA and to exchange digital data packets configured under a second format having multiple headers to aid in transmitting a reconfigured data packet to a destination device, comprising:
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a parser configured to separate the header information from other information included within the data packet; a packet convener configured to convert the data packet transmitted from the PDA under the first format having a single header and associated data to the second format having a plurality of headers, the packet converter including a data converter configured to configure data from one format to another format and a header generator configured to generate a header configured under the first header format; a data packet generator configured to generate a second data packet having a plurality of headers using the header information and other information included in the original data packet sent by the PDA; and a data transmitter configured to transmit data to a destination device. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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