Method and apparatus for using a person digital assistant to interface with a communication station
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method of interfacing with a communication station, the method comprising:
- receiving semi-structured data from a personal digital assistant (PDA) in a format native to the PDA;
parsing the semi-structured data to identify a type of the semi-structured data;
fetching information from a search location indicated by the semi-structured data if the semi-structured data is a search request incompletely indicating a destination;
prompting the user to select the destination for the data based on the information fetched from the search location; and
sending data to the destination indicated by the semi-structured data if the type of the semi-structured data is destination data, the data being distinct from the semi-structured data and provided by a source other than the PDA.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method and apparatus for interfacing a personal digital assistant (PDA) with a communications appliance is provided. The method comprising a communication station receiving semi-structured data from a personal digital assistant (PDA) in a format native to the PDA, and parsing the semi-structured data to identify a type of the semi-structured data. If the semi-structured data is destination data, sending a job to a destination indicated by the semi-structured data.
-
Citations
34 Claims
-
1. A method of interfacing with a communication station, the method comprising:
-
receiving semi-structured data from a personal digital assistant (PDA) in a format native to the PDA; parsing the semi-structured data to identify a type of the semi-structured data; fetching information from a search location indicated by the semi-structured data if the semi-structured data is a search request incompletely indicating a destination; prompting the user to select the destination for the data based on the information fetched from the search location; and sending data to the destination indicated by the semi-structured data if the type of the semi-structured data is destination data, the data being distinct from the semi-structured data and provided by a source other than the PDA. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
-
-
14. An apparatus for sending data from a communication station, the apparatus comprising:
-
a communication interface to receive semi-structured data from a personal digital assistant (PDA) in a format native to the PDA; a parser to parse the semi-structured data and to identify a type of the semi-structured data; a retrieving logic to fetch information from a search location indicated by the semi-structured data if the semi-structured data is a search request partially indicating a destination; a user interface to prompt the user to select the destination for the data based on the information fetched from the search location; and sending logic to send appropriate data to the destination indicated by the structured data, the appropriate data being distinct from the semi-structured data and provided by a source other than the PDA. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
-
-
28. A system comprising:
-
a personal digital assistant (PDA); a communications appliance coupled to a network; and a memory for storing a unique job identification (job ID) for each job handled by the communications appliance; the communications appliance comprising; a communication interface to receive semi-structured data from the PDA; a parser to parse the semi-structured data and to identify a type of the semi-structured data; a retrieving logic to fetch information from a search location indicated by the semi-structured data if the semi-structured data is a search request partially indicating a destination; a user interface to prompt the user to select the destination for the data based on the information fetched from the search location; a sending logic for sending data based on the semi-structured data received from the PDA, the data being distinct from the semi-structured data and provided by a source other than the PDA; and the communication interface for returning the job ID to the PDA. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
-
Specification