Apparatus, and association method, for identifying data with an address
First Claim
1. In a data communication system having a first data terminal for communicating a first packet of data and at least a second data terminal also for communicating a second packet of data, the first data terminal selectably utilizable by a user and including a first processing device and a first adaptor port having electrical terminals disposed thereat and at least selectably connected to the processing device and the second data terminal also selectably utilizable by the user including a second processing device and a second adaptor port having electrical terminals disposed thereat and at least selectably connected to the second processing device, an improvement of apparatus for identifying the first data terminal, said apparatus comprising:
- a portable storage device having a storage location for storing an identifier address the identifier address associated with the user, said storage device releasably engageable at any of the first data terminal and the at least the second data terminal such that, when engaged at the first data terminal and the first packet of data is to be communicated, a value of the identifier address stored at the storage location of said storage device is obtained therefrom and formatted together with the first packet of data to identify the first data terminal, and the first packet of data to be communicated therefrom, with the value of the identifier address and said portable storage device selectably released out of engagement at the first data terminal and engageable thereafter at the second data terminal such that, when engaged at the second data terminal and the second packet of data is to be communicated, the value of the identifier address stored at the storage location of said storage device is obtained therefrom and formatted together with the second packet of data to identify the second data terminal, and the second packet of data to be communicated therefrom with the value of the identifier address;
a supportive adaptor engaged with said storage device, thereby to permit engagement of said storage device at any of the first data terminal and the at least the second data terminal;
the supportive adaptor, together with said storage device engaged therewith, releasably received at the adaptor port of any of the first and at least second data terminals to electrically connect said storage device with the electrical terminals of any of the first adaptor port and the second adaptor port, thereby to permit the identifier address, stored at said portable storage device, to Dam with the user.
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Abstract
A module, and associated method, is engageable with a data terminal. The module includes a storage element for storing an identifier address, used to identify the origin of a packet of data. The module can be released out of positioning at a first data terminal and thereafter utilized at a second data terminal. Thereby, mobility of communications is increased as a user of successive data terminals can identify each successive data terminal with the same identifier.
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14 Claims
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1. In a data communication system having a first data terminal for communicating a first packet of data and at least a second data terminal also for communicating a second packet of data, the first data terminal selectably utilizable by a user and including a first processing device and a first adaptor port having electrical terminals disposed thereat and at least selectably connected to the processing device and the second data terminal also selectably utilizable by the user including a second processing device and a second adaptor port having electrical terminals disposed thereat and at least selectably connected to the second processing device, an improvement of apparatus for identifying the first data terminal, said apparatus comprising:
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a portable storage device having a storage location for storing an identifier address the identifier address associated with the user, said storage device releasably engageable at any of the first data terminal and the at least the second data terminal such that, when engaged at the first data terminal and the first packet of data is to be communicated, a value of the identifier address stored at the storage location of said storage device is obtained therefrom and formatted together with the first packet of data to identify the first data terminal, and the first packet of data to be communicated therefrom, with the value of the identifier address and said portable storage device selectably released out of engagement at the first data terminal and engageable thereafter at the second data terminal such that, when engaged at the second data terminal and the second packet of data is to be communicated, the value of the identifier address stored at the storage location of said storage device is obtained therefrom and formatted together with the second packet of data to identify the second data terminal, and the second packet of data to be communicated therefrom with the value of the identifier address;
a supportive adaptor engaged with said storage device, thereby to permit engagement of said storage device at any of the first data terminal and the at least the second data terminal;
the supportive adaptor, together with said storage device engaged therewith, releasably received at the adaptor port of any of the first and at least second data terminals to electrically connect said storage device with the electrical terminals of any of the first adaptor port and the second adaptor port, thereby to permit the identifier address, stored at said portable storage device, to Dam with the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In a method for communicating packet data in a data communication system having a first data terminal, the first data terminal selectably utilizable by a user and including a first processing device and a first adaptor port having electrical terminals disposed thereat and at least selectably connected to the first processing device, and at least a second data terminal also selectably utilizable by the user including a second processing device and a second adaptor port having electrical terminals disposed thereat and at least selectably connected to the second processing device, an improvement of a method for formatting the packet data with an identity of any of the first data terminal and the at least the second data terminal, said method comprising:
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storing an identifier address at a portable storage device carriable by the user, the identifier address associated with the user;
supporting the portable storage device at the first data terminal when the user utilizes the first data terminal, the storage device containing the identifier address;
booting the first data terminal and retrieving the identifier address during booting of the first data terminal;
formatting the packet data generated at the first data terminal with the identifier to identify the first data terminal with the value of the identifier address;
releasing the storage device out of support at the first data terminal;
supporting the storage device at the second data terminal when the user utilizes the second data terminal;
booting the second data terminal and retrieving the identifier address during booting of the second data terminal; and
formatting the packet data generated at the second data terminal with the value of the identifier address. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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