US 7,454,002 B1
Integrating personal data capturing functionality into a portable computing device and a wireless communication deviceGeneral
US 7,454,002 B1
Integrating personal data capturing functionality into a portable computing device and a wireless communication device
Tech Center:
2600 Communications
Examiner:
Curtis Kuntz
Art Unit:
2614 Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory
Inventors:
Deane Gardner; Mitz Kurobe
Assignee:
Priority:
01/03/00
Filed:
01/08/01
Granted:
11/18/08
Expiration:
01/29/20
Abstract
In one embodiment, personal data capturing functionality is integrated into a wireless communication device or a portable computing device by incorporating one or more personal parameter receivers into the wireless communication device or the portable computing device. In another embodiment, personal data capturing functionality is integrated into a wireless communication device or a portable computing device by attaching a personal data capture device to the wireless communication device or the portable computing device. The personal data capture device is configured to receive personal data of a user and transmit the personal data to the wireless communication device or the portable computing device, either of which is capable of transmitting the personal data to a network server over a wireless network.