Combination Personal Data Assistant and Personal Computing System Dynamic Memory Reclamation

• US 20100191891A1
• Filed: 04/05/2010
• Published: 07/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gary Douglas Huber, La Vaughn F. Jr. Watts, Nobuyuki Albert Sato
• Original Assignee: Gary Douglas Huber, La Vaughn F. Jr. Watts, Nobuyuki Albert Sato
• Inventors: Watts, La Vaughn F. JR., Huber, Gary Douglas, Sato, Nobuyuki Albert
• Granted Patent: US 8,170,610 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/313
• 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

1-27. -27. (canceled)

28. A mobile computing system comprising:

a common communication device;

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

a personal digital assistant system (PDA) coupled to the common communication device, the PDA 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 PDA, and wherein

the PC and the PDA are capable of controlling the common communication device, but one of the PC and the PDA controlling the common-communication device at a given time;

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

,

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

29. The mobile computing system of claim 28 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.

30. The mobile computing system of claim 29 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.

31. The mobile computing system of claim 29 wherein messages are synchronized between the memory array of the PC and the memory array of the PDA.

32. The mobile computing system of claim 30 wherein messages are synchronized between records of the PC memory array and records of the PDA memory array.

33. The mobile computing system of claim 28 wherein the storage device of the PC is a hard disk drive.

34. The mobile computing system of claim 33 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.

35. A mobile computing system comprising:

a common communication device;

a personal computing system (PC) coupled to the common communication device, the PC capable of receiving messages through the common communication device;

a personal digital assistant system (PDA) coupled to the common communication device, the PDA capable of receiving messages through the common communication device and synchronizing the messages received through the common communication device with the PC, and wherein

the PC and the PDA are capable of controlling the common communication device, but one of the PC and the PDA controlling the common communication device at a given time;

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

,

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

36. The mobile computing system of claim 35 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.

37. The mobile computing system of claim 36 wherein the PC is further comprised of a memory array that is synchronized to the memory array of the PDA.

38. The mobile computing system of claim 36 wherein the PC is further comprised of a hard disk drive that is synchronized to the memory array of the PDA.

39. A method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture, the dual system computer architecture including a first computer system coupled to a common communication device and a second computer system coupled to a the common communication device, the first computer system and the second computer system being capable of controlling the common communication device with one of the first computer system and the second computer system controlling the common-communication device at a given time, access by either the first computer system or the second computer system to the common communication device is possible regardless of an active status of either the first computer system or the second computer system, the method comprising:

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

synchronizing the messages with the second computer system, whereby 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.

40. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 39 further comprising:

identifying the deleted messages in the first memory devices.

41. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 39 wherein the first computer system is a personal digital assistant system (PDA) and the second computer system is a personal computer system (PC).

42. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 40 wherein the first computer system is a personal digital assistant system (PDA) and the second computer system is a personal computer system (PC).

44. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 41 further comprised of:

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

46. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 44 wherein the first computer system is a personal digital assistant (PDA) and the second computer system is a personal computer system (PC).

47. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 39 further comprised of:

setting preferences as to received and stored messages.

48. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 40 further comprised of:

setting preferences as to received and stored messages.

49. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 41 further comprised of:

setting preferences as to received and stored messages.

50. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 42 further comprised of:

setting preferences as to received and stored messages.

52. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 44 further comprised of:

setting preferences as to received and stored messages.

53. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 48 further comprised of:

setting preferences as to received and stored messages.

54. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 49 further comprised of:

setting preferences as to received and stored messages.

43. A method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture, the dual system computer architecture including a first computer system coupled to a common communication device and a second computer system coupled to the common communication device, the first computer system and the second computer system being capable of controlling the common communication device with one of the first computer system and the second computer system controlling the common-communication device at a given time, access by either the first computer system or the second computer system to the common communication device is possible regardless of an active status of either the first computer system or the second computer system, the method comprising:

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

synchronizing the messages with the 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.

45. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 43 wherein the first computer system is a personal digital assistant (PDA) and the second computer system is a personal computer system (PC).

51. The method of clearing and archiving messages in a dual system computer architecture of claim 43 further comprised of:

setting preferences as to received and stored messages.