Method of storing and accessing electronic data and apparatus therefor

• US 7,680,453 B2
• Filed: 04/01/2005
• Issued: 03/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: McDonnell, James Thomas Edward
• Primary Examiner(s): Edouard; Patrick N
• Assistant Examiner(s): CAI, WAYNE HUU
• Application Number:
  US11/095,688
• Publication Number:
  US 20050233772A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,810 Days
• Field of Search: 455/502, 455/522, 705/14, 705/26, 705/29
• US Class Current: 455/41.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9554 by using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 17/0022 arrangements or provisions for transferring data to distant stations, e.g. from a sensing device "transfer between computer elements G06F13/00 "; data-transmission H04L
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0875 Itemisation or classification of parts, supplies or services, e.g. bill of materials

Abstract

A method of storing, accessing and displaying electronic data features: storing a first part of the data in a memory tag; storing a second part of the data in a separate location having an address, using a reader, when data is accessed, to couple to the memory tag and access the first part of the data and, while or after the first part of the data is being displayed on a screen, and using a communication unit to link to the address of the separate location and obtain the second part of the data.

Claims

1. A method of storing, accessing and displaying electronic data comprising:

storing a first part of the electronic data and an address for accessing a second part of the electronic data in a memory tag;

storing the second part of the electronic data in a separate location, said second part of data being associated with the address stored in the memory tag, wherein the separate location is accessible via a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), and wherein the separate location is located in a vicinity of the memory tag such that the separate location can be accessed through the WLAN; and

making accessible via the memory tag the first part of the electronic data;

making accessible via a communication unit the second part of the electronic data, wherein the second part of the electronic data is accessible from the separate location through the WLAN,

wherein the first part of the electronic data is accessible for display with substantially no delay, and the first part of the electronic data is configured to include a sufficient amount of data to be displayed on the screen until the second part of the electronic data is obtained from the separate location,

wherein the second part of the electronic data is displayed on the screen substantially immediately after the first part of the data has been displayed, such that the display of the data appears to be substantially continuous.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the first part of the electronic data comprises a video clip.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein a reader, a screen and the communication unit are incorporated into a single display device.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the single display device is a mobile telephone.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the first part of the electronic data stored in the memory tag is overwritten with new data when the electronic data to be accessed changes.

6. A method according to claim 1, further comprising replacing the memory tag with a new memory tag which stores an amended first part of the electronic data when the electronic data to be accessed changes.

7. A system for the storage, retrieval and display of a set of electronic data having a first part and a second part, the system comprising:

a memory tag in which the first part of the data and an address for accessing the second part of data is stored;

a main data storage in which the second part of the data is stored, said second part of data being associated with the address stored in the memory tag, wherein the main data storage is accessible via a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), and wherein the main data storage is located in a vicinity of the memory tag such that the main data storage can be accessed through the WLAN; and

a device configured to access the first part of the data in the memory tag and the second part of the data in the main storage, and further configured to display the first part of the data followed by the second part of the data,

wherein the first part of the data is accessible for display with substantially no delay, and the first part of the data is configured to include a sufficient amount of data to be displayed on a screen of the device until the second part of the data is obtained from the main data storage,

wherein the second part of the electronic data is displayed on the screen substantially immediately after the first part of the data has been displayed, such that the display of the data appears to be substantially continuous.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the device which is operable to access and display the data is a portable wireless device.

9. A system according to claim 8, wherein the portable wireless device is a mobile telephone.

10. The system according to claim 7, wherein the the first part of the data comprises a video clip.

11. A structure for electronic data representing a set of information, wherein the electronic data is divided into a first part for display and a second part for display, the first part being adapted for storage in a memory to be placed in a first substantially instantly accessible location, and the second part being adapted for storage in a second less readily accessible location such that a delay is experienced in accessing the second part of the data,

wherein the second less readily accessible location is accessible via a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), and wherein the second less readily accessible location is located in a vicinity of the first substantially instantly accessible location such that the second less readily accessible location can be accessed through the WLAN,

wherein an address for accessing the second part is stored in the first substantially instantly accessible location,

wherein the first part is configured to include a sufficient amount of data to be displayed on a screen of a device until the second part is obtained from the second less readily accessible location,

wherein the second part of the electronic data is displayed on the screen substantially immediately after the first part of the data has been displayed, such that the display of the data appears to be substantially continuous.

12. A structure for electronic data representing a set of information according to claim 11, wherein the first location is a memory tag physically accessible to a user and the second location is in a main data storage.

13. A structure according to claim 11, wherein the first part comprises a video clip.

14. A device for accessing and displaying electronic data, comprising:

a display;

a memory tag reader;

a communication unit; and

a memory unit,

wherein the memory tag reader is configured to receive a first portion of the electronic data and an address from a memory tag and, while or after the first portion of the electronic data is being displayed on the display, use the communication unit to access the address and obtain a second portion of the electronic data, wherein the second portion of the electronic data is accessed from a main data storage accessible via a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), and wherein the main data storage is located in a vicinity of the memory tag such that the main data storage can be accessed through the WLAN;

wherein the first portion of the electronic data is displayed with substantially no delay and is displayed for a time period no shorter than the time required to obtain the second portion of the electronic data,

wherein the second portion of the electronic data is displayed on the screen substantially immediately after the first portion of the electronic data has been displayed, such that the display of the data appears to be substantially continuous.

15. A device according to claim 14, wherein the device is a mobile telephone.

16. A device according to claim 14, wherein the first portion of the electronic data comprises a video clip.