Combination personal data assistant and personal computing system dynamic memory reclamation

• US 20020103005A1
• Filed: 01/26/2001
• Published: 08/01/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Huber, Gary Douglas, Sato, Nobuyuki Albert, Watts, La Vaughn F. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US09/770,162
• Publication Number:
  US 20020103005A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/273 Asynchronous replication or reconciliation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

In order to continually receive messages in a dual personal computer system (PC) and personal digital assistant system (PDA) computer architecture, the PC system is deactivated to conserve battery power while the PDA continues to receive messages. As PDA memory is filled with messages, messages that are synchronized and archived with the PC system are deleted and space is freed for incoming messages. When new and non-synchronized messages completely fill the PDA memory array, the PC system is reactivated or the user is informed.

Claims

1. A mobile computing system comprising of:

a communication device;

a personal computing system (PC) comprised of

a storage device capable of receiving and storing messages from the communication device; and

a personal digital assistant system (PDA) comprised of

a storage device capable receiving and storing messages from the communication device, whereby the storage device of the PC is capable of synchronizing received messages with the storage device of the PDA.

2. The mobile computing system of claim 1 wherein the storage device of the PC is a memory array comprised of a set of records, and the storage device of the PDA is a memory array comprised of a set of records.

3. The mobile computing system of claim 2 wherein a direct correspondence is established between the set of records of the PC memory array and the set of records of the PDA memory array.

4. The mobile computing system of claim 2 wherein messages are synchronized between the memory array of the PC and the memory array of the PDA.

5. The mobile computing system of claim 3 wherein messages are synchronized between records of the PC memory array and records of the PDA memory array.

6. The mobile computing system of claim 1 wherein the storage device of the PC is a hard disk drive.

7. The mobile computing system of claim 6 wherein the hard disk drive is comprised of a memory array, and the PDA storage device is comprised of a memory array, wherein the PC hard disk drive memory array corresponds directly to the PDA memory array.

8. A mobile computing system comprising of:

a communication device;

a personal computing system (PC) capable of receiving messages through the communication device; and

a personal digital assistant system (PDA) capable of receiving messages through the communication device and synchronizing the messages with the PC.

9. The mobile computing system of claim 8 wherein the PDA is further comprised of a memory array where messages are received and entered, and the memory array is synchronized to the PC.

10. The mobile computing system of claim 9 wherein the PC is further comprised of a memory array that is synchronized to the memory array of the PDA.

11. The mobile computing system of claim 9 wherein the PC is further comprised of a hard disk drive that is synchronized to the memory array of the PDA.

13. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 12 further comprising:

identifying the deleted messages in the first memory devices.

14. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 12 wherein the first computer system is a personal digital assistant system (PDA) and the second computer system is a personal computer system (PC).

15. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 13 wherein the first computer system is a personal digital assistant system (PDA) and the second computer system is a personal computer system (PC).

17. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 14 further comprised of:

deleting messages from the first memory device after the messages have been read by the user.

18. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 16 wherein the first computer system is a personal digital assistant (PDA) and the second computer system is a personal computer system (PC).

19. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 17 wherein the first computer system is a personal digital assistant (PDA) and the second computer system is a personal computer system (PC).

20. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 12 further comprised of:

setting preferences as to received and stored messages.

21. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 13 further comprised of:

setting preferences as to received and stored messages.

22. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 14 further comprised of:

setting preferences as to received and stored messages.

23. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 15 further comprised of:

setting preferences as to received and stored messages.

24. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 16 further comprised of:

setting preferences as to received and stored messages.

25. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 17 further comprised of:

setting preferences as to received and stored messages.

26. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 18 further comprised of:

setting preferences as to received and stored messages.

27. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 19 further comprised of:

setting preferences as to received and stored messages.

12. A method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture comprised of:

receiving and storing messages by a first computer system to a first memory device;

synchronizing the messages with a second computer system, where by the second computer system archives synchronized messages to a second memory device; and

deleting synchronized and archived messages whenever the first memory device is filled.

16. A method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture comprised of:

receiving and storing messages by a first computer system to a first memory device;

synchronizing the messages with a second computer system, whereby the second computer system archives synchronized messages to a second memory device; and

informing a user whenever the first memory device is filled.