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Method and apparatus for using a person digital assistant to interface with a communication station

  • US 7,010,635 B1
  • Filed: 03/21/2000
  • Issued: 03/07/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of interfacing with a communication station, the method comprising:

  • receiving semi-structured data from a personal digital assistant (PDA) in a format native to the PDA;

    parsing the semi-structured data to identify a type of the semi-structured data;

    fetching information from a search location indicated by the semi-structured data if the semi-structured data is a search request incompletely indicating a destination;

    prompting the user to select the destination for the data based on the information fetched from the search location; and

    sending data to the destination indicated by the semi-structured data if the type of the semi-structured data is destination data, the data being distinct from the semi-structured data and provided by a source other than the PDA.

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