Digital assistant system having a host computer with a docking b

Details Digital assistant system having a host computer with a docking b Digital assistant system having a host computer with a docking b

1994-12-28

1996-07-16

Malzahn, David H.

Boots, shoes, and leggings

361686, 361687, 361709, G06F 120, H05K 720

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055373437

ABSTRACT:
A personal digital assistant module with a local CPU, memory, and I/O interface has a host interface comprising a bus connected to the local CPU and a connector at a surface of the personal digital assistant for interfacing to a bus connector of a host general-purpose computer, providing direct bus communication between the personal digital assistant and the host general-purpose computer. In an embodiment, the personal digital assistant also has a means for storing a security code.
The personal digital assistant according to the invention forms a host/satellite combination with a host computer having a docking bay, wherein upon docking a docking protocol controls access by the host to memory of the personal digital assistant based on one or more passwords provided by a user to the host. In another embodiment the personal digital assistant also has an expansion port connected to the local CPU, and expansion peripheral devices may be connected and operated through the expansion port.
In one embodiment, a personal digital assistant module and a computer having docking bays is provided also having movable heat sink structures for contacting and cooling docked modules.

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patent: 5278730 (1994-01-01), Kikinis
patent: 5331509 (1994-07-01), Kikinis
patent: 5402311 (1995-03-01), Nakajima
patent: 5424913 (1995-06-01), Swindler
patent: 5455457 (1995-10-01), Kvrokawa
patent: 5475563 (1995-12-01), Donahoe et al.

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