Appeal 2007-1881
Application 10/092,259
Appellants' invention relates to a method and system for configuring
handheld devices (Specification, paragraphs [0001]-[0003]). Claims 1 and
19 are illustrative of the claimed invention, and they read as follows:
1. A system for configuring handheld devices, comprising:
a website engine, for receiving user input;
a build-to-order configuration engine for communicating with
developers, coordinating software licensing, arranging software downloads
and preventing conflicts;
a database engine, for managing executable code and data responsive
to said configuration engine, and
a loading station for performing the actual downloads;
wherein said loading station loads said handheld device based on user
input received through said website engine and conveyed to said data base
and build-to-order configuration engines.
19. A method of loading software onto a handheld device,
comprising:
querying a build-to-order configuration engine to ensure sufficient
memory is available to accommodate said software, that the desired software
has no conflicts with any other software desired by said user, and that the
handheld device O/S (Operating System) can accommodate said software;
querying said handheld device to ensure sufficient memory is
available, and reporting an error back to said user if necessary;
if necessary, prompting a user to order additional memory such as on
a memory card; and
locating said software program on said memory card where possible.
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