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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1995
Brent A Beatty, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Francis J Canova, Jr, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Charles S Lanier, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Wayne P Whitley, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Debra A Johnson, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A personal communication apparatus includes a digital processor, a memory coupled to the processor, an operating system, stored in the memory and executable by the processor, a touch-screen user interface coupled to the processor and the memory and responsive to file execution commands from the user, and a navigation utility file, executable by the processor, for initiating execution of files and for monitoring the sequence in which file executions occur. The Navigation utility maintains a stack in the memory into which the calling sequences of files are stored according to the order in which files were executed. In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises a modem and RF transceiver coupled to the processor for receiving and transmitting data. In another embodiment, the communicator further includes a port for receiving an external memory medium containing a plurality of executable files.