The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1998
Dave Wecker, Bothell, WA (US);
John Mark Miller, Kirkland, WA (US);
Michael J. O'Leary, Redmond, WA (US);
David Tuniman, Redmond, WA (US);
Vinay Deo, Bellevue, WA (US);
Don Kadyk, Bothell, WA (US);
Dennis Cronin, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for receiving wireless information on a portable computing device includes powering a wireless receiver only from a battery of the portable computing device. Receiving wireless information and storing the wireless information in memory of the wireless receiver. The wireless receiver wakes up a processor of the portable computing device when the wireless information fills a threshold of the memory available in the wireless receiver. The wireless information is then transferred from the memory of the wireless receiver to the memory of the portable computing device.