Site-hosting, mobile terminal for wireless connection to computer network
AssigneeSymbol Technologies, Inc.
InventorsAllan Herrod, Mehul Patel, Jerome Swartz
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Abstract
A data terminal includes a digital camera for capturing an image and data processing/storage/encoding means for processing the image information, together with an internal server for creating a web site at the terminal displaying the image. As a result high resolution image information is immediately accessible to authorised users and instantly recorded.
Claims28
A mobile, hand-held device movable in an environment for wireless connection to a computer network having access points, comprising:
- a) server software in the mobile, hand-held device, for establishing at the mobile, hand-held device a user-accessible site having a network address for the mobile, hand-held device;
- b) a memory in the mobile, hand-held device, for storing data relating to the environment of the mobile, hand-held device in a file at the site;
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- c) a wireless communicator in the mobile hand-held device, for receiving an access request to the site via one of the access points, and for transmitting the data in the file to the one access point in wireless communication with the communicator in the mobile, hand-held device.
A wireless data communication system, comprising:
- a) a computer network having a plurality of access points for users to access the network;
- b) a mobile, hand-held device movable in an environment including
- i) server software in the mobile hand-held device, for establishing at the mobile hand-held device a user-accessible site having a network address for the mobile, hand-held device,
- ii) a memory in the mobile, hand-held device, for storing data relating to the environment of the mobile, hand-held device in a file at the site, and
- iii) a wireless communicator in the mobile, hand-held device;
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- c) a locator in the network, for locating and associating the mobile, hand-held device with one of the access points to enable the communicator to receive an access request to the site via the one access point, and to transmit the data in the file to the one access point by wireless communication.
A method of creating a mobile, network user-accessible site for wireless data transfer, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a computer network with a plurality of access points for users to access the network, and arranging the access points at multiple locations spaced apart from one another;
- b) storing data in a file in a mobile, hand-held device movable in an environment, the data relating to the environment of the mobile hand-held device;
- c) establishing at the mobile, hand-held device the network user-accessible site having a network address in the mobile hand-held device;
- d) locating and associating the mobile hand-held device with one of the access points;
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- e) receiving an access request to the site via the one access point, and transmitting the data in the file to the one access point by wireless communication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.