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Distributed graphical program execution using a handheld computer

US8656373B2 · kind B2 · utility

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25References

19Claims

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Assignee

National Instruments Corporation · US

Inventors

Andrew Dove · Austin, US
Hugo Andrade · Austin, US
Darshan Shah · Round Rock, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 23, 2011
Grant date	Feb 18, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 20, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M1/72406
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for deploying one or more graphical programs on a personal digital assistant (PDA). One or more selected graphical programs may be programmatically converted to an executable format that can be executed by the portable computing device. For example, the graphical programs may be initially represented as a plurality of data structures that define or specify the operation of the respective graphical programs, and conversion software program may operate to access these data structures from memory and convert the data structures to an executable format suitable for the portable computing device. The executable may be transferred to the portable computing device for execution.

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