Visiting card computer system
OwnerCheng-Haw Chouinventor
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Abstract
A visiting card-sized computer includes a wallet-like carrying case, a computer body, and a keyboard. The computer body and keyboard are on different foldable sections of the case, connection of the keyboard to the computer is by a ribbon cable extending between the foldable sections, and an input/output port for a second cable connecting the visiting card computer with another computer is situated on the keyboard. The second cable may include an RS-232 connector, a converter, and a DB25 connector. In addition, connection between the ribbon cable and the computer body is via a PCMCIA interface connector, permitting the computer body to be plugged directly into a notebook computer upon removal from the carrying case.
Claims6
A visiting card computer system having a size approximately equal to that of a visiting card, comprising:
- a computer housed within a computer body;
- a carrying case;
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- a miniature input keyboard;
- wherein the computer body has an inlaid screen on a surface of the case, an auxiliary searching keyboard adjacent the screen, and a stepped portion, and wherein a row of connection plugs is located at an end of the stepped portion,
- wherein the carrying case is a wallet arranged to hold the computer body and the input keyboard, said wallet comprising first and second pieces connecting by a flexible portion to form a folding wallet, said first piece providing a platform for said computer body and said second piece providing a platform for the input keyboard, said first piece including a pocket into which the stepped portion of the computer body is inserted so that the screen and searching keyboard are exposed and supported by the platform, said pocket including a connection slot at one end, said connection slot arranged to receive said row of connection plugs, and a first cable extending from said connection slot for connecting said computer with the input keyboard, said input keyboard being fixed to the second piece;
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- wherein said input keyboard includes an input/output port for connection to a second cable, second cable being arranged to for connecting said keyboard, and therefore said computer, with another computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.