Paging during media loading
AssigneeAvica Technology Corporation
InventorsAndrew H. Maltz, John T. Hurst, William E. Elswick
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Abstract
Provided are systems and methods for facilitating loading of data from a portable medium into a device. Initially, a portable medium encoded with data is accepted and the data from the portable medium is loaded into a mass storage device. A paging signal is caused to be wirelessly transmitted when a specified portion of such loading has been completed.
Claims17
A method for facilitating loading of data from a portable medium into a device, said method comprising:
- accepting a portable medium encoded with data;
- loading the data from the portable medium into a mass storage device;
- and
- causing a paging signal to be wirelessly transmitted when a specified portion of said loading has been completed.
An apparatus for loading of data from a portable medium, said apparatus comprising:
- mass storage means for storing large amounts of data on a nonvolatile basis;
- means for accepting a portable medium encoded with data;
- means for loading the data from the portable medium into said mass storage means;
- and
- means for causing a paging signal to be wirelessly transmitted when a specified portion of said loading has been completed.
A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable process steps for facilitating loading of data from a portable medium into a device, said process steps comprising steps to:
- accept a portable medium encoded with data;
- load the data from the portable medium into a mass storage device;
- and
- cause a paging signal to be wirelessly transmitted when a specified portion of said loading has been completed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.