Portable data storage module
AssigneeXata Corporation
InventorPeter A. Thayer
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Abstract
A portable data storage module comprises a control module, a wireless communication module, a rewriteable memory and a data transfer button. When the data transfer button is actuated, the portable data storage module wakes from a sleep mode and the control module initiates a data transfer via the wireless communication module with a device. After the data transfer, the portable data storage module reenters the sleep mode. The portable data storage module may be configured to transfer data, such as a trip plan, between a network host and an in-cab driver communication module. The portable data storage module may also store and maintain additional data, such as a driver log.
Claims20
A portable data storage module comprising:
- a control module;
- a wireless communication module;
- a rewriteable memory;
- and
- a data transfer button, wherein, when the data transfer button is actuated, the portable data storage module wakes from a sleep mode and the control module initiates a data transfer via the wireless communication module with a device,
- wherein after the data transfer, the portable data storage module reenters the sleep mode, and
- wherein when the portable data storage module is in the sleep mode, the portable data storage module can not send or receive communications.
A method comprising:
- sending an initiate communication request from a portable data storage module as a first wireless transmission;
- receiving a response to the initiate communication request from a device as a second wireless transmission at the portable data storage module;
- identifying the device that sent the second wireless transmission at the portable data storage module;
- and
- transferring data between the portable data storage module and the device based on the identification of the device via a third wireless transmission.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.