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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kim B Edwards, Layton, UT (US);
George T Krieger, Carmel, CA (US);
Fred Thomas, III, Ogden, UT (US);
Brent J Watson, Bountiful, UT (US);
Assignee:
Iomega Corporation, Roy, UT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; G06F / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
711115 ; 711-2 ; 711-5 ; 395833 ; 360133 ; 360135 ; 360 9701 ; 369 15 ; 369231 ; 463 94 ; 463 45 ; 396211 ; 396321 ; 348233 ;
Abstract
A system for exchanging digital data among a plurality of hand-held computer devices. Digital signals are written by a first hand-held device to a mini-cartridge that mini-cartridge is inter-operable among a class of hand-held devices, each of which is equipped with a mini-disk drive. A common digital data format is employed to further facilitate exchange of data between devices.