Method and system for releasing software to personal palm device

A device and software technology, applied in the field of personal display terminals, which can solve the problems of lack of capacity and inseparability of shared distribution packages.

Inactive Publication Date: 2004-02-25
IBM CORP
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However, personal digital assistants, such as personal palm-sized devices, have very limited RAM capacity and thus lack the capacity to load such a common software distribution package
On the other hand, a common distribution package is indivisible

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[0014] now refer to figure 1 , which shows a schematic block diagram showing how the personal hand-held device 41 is connected to the World Wide Web 50 for the purposes of the present invention. But before proceeding with the description, we will provide some background on sending and installing software upgrades and shared software distribution packages for PDAs or personal handheld devices. The most common PDA included in the upper definition of the present invention: personal palm-type devices include Microsoft's winCE line; 3Com's PalmPilot line; IBM's WorkPad. These devices are fully described in the paper PalmIII & PalmPilot, Jeff Carlson, Peachpit Press, 1998 . They include a data processor, an operating system, 2 to 4 MB of RAM and a non-volatile programmable memory, programmable ROM, which can be EPROM or flash ROM, as described on page 38 of the above-mentioned document. Since these flash ROMs now offer 4MB of storage capacity, applications that would normally be s...

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Abstract

A method and computer program is provided whereby a personal digital assistant or personal palm-type devicecan make available sufficient RAM capacity to store a complete global software distribution package so that the appropriate software or software upgrade may be installed into the device from the global package.

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field of invention [0001] The present invention relates to personal display terminals commonly referred to as personal handheld devices, and more particularly to distributing software to such handheld devices. technical background [0002] Personal digital assistant (PDA) display terminal, such as 3Com PalmPilot (TM) and International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) WorkPad (TM) Has built a user base over the past few years. It is estimated that there are millions of such devices in existence today. Although these personal devices have found some limited markets among users with specific requirements and habits, they have not yet achieved the widespread adoption predicted when they first appeared a decade ago. This technology is therefore finding more attractive applications. One of the potential markets is communication via the World Wide Web (Web) or the Internet (used synonymously). In this connection, applications involving communication over the World Wide Web ...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F9/44G06F9/445
CPCG06F8/65
Inventor布赖恩·L.·怀特·伊格尔
OwnerIBM CORP