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Combination personal data assistant and personal computing system dynamic memory reclamation

  • US 8,331,985 B2
  • Filed: 04/27/2012
  • Issued: 12/11/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A mobile computing system comprising:

  • a common communication device, the common communication device comprising a switch and a super input output (SIO) controller;

    a personal computing system (PC) coupled to the switch of the common communication device, the PC including a storage device capable of receiving and storing messages from the communication device;

    a mobile computing device coupled to the switch and the SIO controller of the common communication device, the mobile computing device including a storage device capable receiving and storing messages from the communication device, whereby the storage device of the PC is capable of synchronizing messages received from the common communication device with the storage device of the mobile computing device , and whereinthe PC and the mobile computing device are capable of controlling the common communication device, but one of the PC and the mobile computing device controlling the common communication device at a given time;

    access by either the PC or the mobile computing device to the common communication device is possible regardless of an active status of either the PC or the mobile computing device; and

    ,when the PC is active, determining whether to archive selected messages stored on the storage device of the PC to non volatile storage.

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