Apparatus and method for displaying transfer speed in personal digital assistant
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKyou-Woong Kim
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for indicating a data transfer rate in a personal digital assistant. The apparatus includes a data processor for transmitting data through a serial communication port by using an application program; a radio communication part for transmitting data to the data processor through a serial communication port, determining a data transfer rate upon transmitting or receiving data, and generating transmitting and receiving display control signals; a transmitted status indicator for blinking at a prescribed period by the transmitting display control signal; and a received status indicator for blinking at a prescribed period by the receiving display control signal.
Claims9
An apparatus for indicating a data transfer rate, including a data processor for transmitting data and a radio communication part for:
- (1) transmitting to said data processor data generated by an application program,
- (2) determining a data transfer rate upon transmitting or receiving data, and
- (3) generating transmitting and receiving display control signals, the radio communication part further comprising an internal buffer for storing data received from said data processor;
- the apparatus comprising:
- a transmit status indicator for blinking at a prescribed period that varies responsive to said transmitting display control signal;
- and
- a receive status indicator for blinking at a prescribed period that varies responsive to said receiving display control signal.
A method for indicating a data transfer rate in a personal digital assistant comprising the steps of:
- transmitting data by radio communication via a radio communication part;
- processing data, wherein said radio communication part is operatively coupled to a data processor through a serial communication port, said radio communication part further comprising an internal buffer for storing data received from a data processor;
- and
- determining by said data processor a transfer rate of data to be transmitted or received and blinking a lamp at a frequency that varies corresponding to the determined transfer rate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.