US6202060B1
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Data management system
Assignee: Qualcomm Inc
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Filing: 1996-10-29
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Granted: 2001-03-13
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Expires: 2016-10-29
Abstract
Abstract A portable computer system manages data conveniently for a user. The system has a processor, a program storage device coupled to the processor, an input recognizer adapted to receive non-cursive handwritings from the user and to convert the handwriting to data, and a computer readable code embodied in the program storage device for storing and processing the data.
Inventors
- 👤 Bao Q. Tran
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 03:21
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0487; G06F3/0488; G06F3/04883; G06F3/0481; G06F3/0484; G06F3/0485; G06F2203/00; G06F2203/048; G06F2203/04806; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99933; Y10S707/99941; Y10S707/99944; Y10S707/99945
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
177 words
A hand held computer system for managing multimedia data for convenient input and output to a user, comprising: a microprocessor; a program storage device coupled to said microprocessor; a communications port coupled to said microprocessor, said communications port adapted to link said microprocessor to input/output devices; a program stored in said program storage device whose instructions implement a data decompression engine coupled to a multimedia application for receiving a compressed message and decoding said multimedia application message from said compressed message; a message manager coupled to said data compression engine adapted to transmit a compressed message over a medium to said communications port; an input recognizer embodied in said program storage device, said input recognizer adapted to receive non-cursive handwritings from said user, said handwritings being a set of modified characters, and convert said non-cursive handwritings into text data; a computer readable code embodied in said program storage device and coupled to said input recognizer for receiving said non-cursive handwritings, said computer readable code storing said multimedia data and allowing said user to process said multimedia data.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
177 words
A hand held computer system for managing multimedia data for convenient input and output to a user, comprising: a microprocessor; a program storage device coupled to said microprocessor; a communications port coupled to said microprocessor, said communications port adapted to link said microprocessor to input/output devices; a program stored in said program storage device whose instructions implement a data decompression engine coupled to a multimedia application for receiving a compressed message and decoding said multimedia application message from said compressed message; a message manager coupled to said data compression engine adapted to transmit a compressed message over a medium to said communications port; an input recognizer embodied in said program storage device, said input recognizer adapted to receive non-cursive handwritings from said user, said handwritings being a set of modified characters, and convert said non-cursive handwritings into text data; a computer readable code embodied in said program storage device and coupled to said input recognizer for receiving said non-cursive handwritings, said computer readable code storing said multimedia data and allowing said user to process said multimedia data.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The portable computer system of claim 1 , further comprising a video camera removably coupled to said processor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The portable computer system of claim 2 , further comprising a videoconferencing system coupled to said video camera.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
The portable computer system of claim 1 , further comprising a scanner removably coupled to said processor.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The portable computer system of claim 4 , further comprising an optical character recognition (OCR) engine coupled to said processor and said scanner.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The portable computer system of claim 1 , further comprising: a voice recorder removably coupled to said processor; a microphone coupled to said voice recorder; and a speaker coupled to said voice recorder.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
The portable computer system of claim 1 , further comprising: an analog to digital converter coupled to said processor; a microphone coupled to said voice recorder; and a speech recognizer coupled to said processor and to said analog to digital converter.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
The portable computer system of claim 1 , further comprising a communications unit coupled to said processor.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
54 words
The portable computer system of claim 6 , further comprising a peripheral device selected from the group consisting of a camera, a scanner, a tuner, an audio system, a modem, a voice recorder, and a display, said peripheral device coupled to said communications unit to provide data to said processor in a non-contact manner.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
The portable computer system of claim 6 , further comprising a remote display coupled to said processor and said communications unit.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
The portable computer system of claim 1 , further comprising an audio system removably coupled to said processor.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
The portable computer system of claim 1 , further comprising a tuner adapted for receiving television or radio transmission, said tuner being removably coupled to said processor.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
The portable computer system of claim 1 , wherein said computer readable code is a database.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
17 words
The portable computer system of claim 13 , wherein said database performs searches using a probabilistic search.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
69 words
The portable computer of claim 1 , further comprising: an application executing on said computer, said application generating one or more messages having one or more instructions; a data compression engine coupled to said application, said data compression engine generating a compressed message from said application message; and a message manager coupled to said data compression engine, said message manager adapted to transmit said compressed message over a media.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
68 words
The portable computer of claim 15 , further comprising: a resource; a decompression engine adapted to receive said compressed message and decoding said application message from said compressed message; an event manager coupled to said decompression engine, said event manager queuing said application message; and an event handler coupled to said event manager and to said resource, said handler accessing said resource in accordance with said message instructions.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
19 words
The portable computer system of claim 1 , further comprising a Java compiler or interpreter coupled to said processor.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
28 words
The portable computer system of claim 1 , further comprising an intelligent agent adapted to be sent by said processor to a remote network for data collection purposes.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
21 words
The portable computer system of claim 18 , wherein said intelligent agent is sent over an Internet for data collection purposes.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
79 words
The portable computer of claim 18 , wherein said intelligent agent comprises: a first code for specifying a goal for said intelligent agent; a second code coupled to said first code for sending said agent over a network; a third code coupled to said second code, said third code mining databases existing on said network in search of data satisfying said goal; and a fourth code coupled to said third code for reporting results back to the portable computer.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 2004-03-12 | 2004-09-11 | 2005-03-13 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2008-03-12 | 2008-09-11 | 2009-03-13 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2012-03-12 | 2012-09-11 | 2013-03-13 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |