Wearable data device for use in a wearable data network

• US 20020068604A1
• Filed: 12/04/2000
• Published: 06/06/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Valdez, Luis Jr., Prabhakar, Samuel Muthiah, Striemer, Bryan Lester, Van Leeuwen, George Willard
• Application Number:
  US09/728,977
• Publication Number:
  US 20020068604A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/10 Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A wearable data network is disclosed. The wearable data network a universal data warehouse (UDW) and at least one purpose optimized device (POD). The UDW is carried by the user and is, essentially, a personal data warehouse to store data having a variety of different types and uses (e.g., personal financial data, audio and video files, and presentation files). The UDW, however, is incapable of processing the user'"'"'s data. Instead, one PODs are used in conjunction with one or more UDWs to process the user'"'"'s data. As is suggested by its name, a POD is a device that has been optimized to carry out a specific purpose. One example, is a POD that is designed to play the user'"'"'s audio files, another example is a POD that is designed to render the user'"'"'s video files, and yet another example is a POD that is designed to render the user'"'"'s presentation files.

Claims

1. A data storage network, said network comprising:

a portable data storage device, said portable data storage device storing data, said data being a first type of data, said data storage device being incapable of processing said data; and

a purpose optimized device, said purpose optimized device being optimized to perform a specific task, said specific task being processing said data of said first type, said purpose optimized device being wirelessly connected to said portable storage device to perform said specific processing task.

2. The data storage network of claim 1 wherein said portable data storage device also stores data of a second type and wherein said purpose optimized device is incapable of processing data of said first type.

3. The data storage network of claim 2 wherein said data storage network further comprises a second purpose optimized device, said second purpose optimized device being optimized to perform a second specific task, said second specific task being processing said data of said second type.