Client-side wireless communications link support for mobile handheld devices
US8060594B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 23, 2007 |
| Grant date | Nov 15, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 11, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W76/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A client-based method for implementing a communications link. The method includes receiving a request for a communications link from an application executing on a handheld device and accessing a device API component to configure device hardware to implement the communications link. A wireless communications link is established with a server. In optimized protocol is automatically implemented between a client communications component and the server based on the wireless communications link type and the handheld device type, wherein the communications link is established via the communications component functioning with a device API component to configure hardware of the handheld device.
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