TWI232383B - Data share system and operation interface thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A data share system mainly includes a first PDA device, a second PDA device and a transmission interface. The transmission interface is connected between the first PDA device and the second PDA device, and the first and second PDA device has a first data share library and a first application, a second data share library and a second application, respectively. Wherein, the first data share library supports the second PDA device to execute the first application in the first PDA device, and the second data share library supports the first PDA device to execute the second application in the second PDA device.

Description

1232383 V. Description of the invention (1) Technical field to which the invention belongs The present invention relates to a resource sharing system, and more particularly, to an operation interface and an operating system that specifically implement data sharing and application sharing. Personal Digital Assistant (PD A) of the prior art is one of the most common personal personal tools. The original design concept of the PDA was to electronically use the universal notepad used by ordinary people ( Digitization), which includes many functions such as schedule management, memo and address book. The development trend of PDA, with the gradual increase of computer computing speed, and the high development of Internet and wireless communication technology, the current PDA also includes many functions such as wireless communication, Internet access, games and multimedia, so there is "handheld "Type computer". Generally speaking, PDAs have built-in data storage devices of specific capacity for users to store files and data. The storage capacity of traditional PDAs is very small. There is no demand for data sharing between PDAs. Only one wired / wireless transmission can be used to solve the problem of data sharing. However, with the continuous increase of a large amount of multimedia data (such as audio data, image data or digital data such as MP3), the storage capacity of PDAs has been continuously improved, and the demand for data sharing between PDAs with communication functions has also increased More intense. It is worth noting that in the conventional technology, each PDA is provided with multiple applications to perform functions such as editing, reading, writing or playing related audio and video data or games. If there is no related application in the PDA,

12740twf.ptd Page 6 1232383 V. Description of the invention (2) Even if the relevant data is retrieved by another PDA, it will not be able to perform the function of playing or reading data. However, applications take up a lot of PDA's internal memory space, making the storable memory space smaller. In view of this, in order to facilitate the development of application programs with sharing functions and a perfect client management system, it is necessary to add data sharing functions to the PDA operating system, which is the focus of research and development of the present invention. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a resource sharing system suitable for a PDA or other portable electronic device to implement a man-machine operation interface for data sharing and application sharing. To achieve the above object of the present invention, the present invention provides a resource sharing system, which mainly includes a first personal digital assistant device, a second personal digital assistant device, and a transmission interface. The transmission interface is connected to the first and second personal digital assistant devices, and the first and second personal digital assistant devices have a first data sharing library, a first application program, a second data sharing library, and a first Two applications, where the first data sharing library can support the second personal digital assistant device to execute the first personal assistant device, and the second data sharing library can support the first personal digital assistant device to execute the second personal digital device Second app for assistant devices. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first and second personal digital assistant devices each have, for example, an operating system, and the operating system and the first or second data sharing library are located on the same logical location. . In addition, the first and second data sharing libraries are

12740twf.ptd Page 7 1232383 V. Description of the invention (3) The sending end and a receiving end are used to control the functions and permissions of data transmission and reception. The present invention adopts a PDA system with a resource sharing function, so that two or more PDAs can execute applications or perform data read, write, delete, or modify permissions through the support of a data sharing library. Therefore, the internal memory space of multiple PDAs can be properly used or managed to increase the demand for shared data and shared applications. In order to make the above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, a preferred embodiment is given below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings for detailed description as follows: For an implementation, please refer to FIG. A schematic diagram of a program structure of a resource sharing system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown. The resource sharing system 100 mainly includes a first personal digital assistant device 110 (referred to as a PDA), a second personal digital assistant device 120 (referred to as a PDA), and a transmission interface 130. Among them, each PDA 110, 120 is provided with an operation system and a Device Abstract Layer (DAL) 114, 124, respectively, to perform initial setting and testing of hardware devices to ensure that each system in the system The components can work normally and can provide system programs such as system resource allocation, scheduling, input / output control and data management. In addition, each PDA 1 10, 1 2 has one or more application programs 1 1 8 1 2 8 (such as Word, Excel or Address Book, etc.) for editing, reading or playing related Audio and video data or games. In addition, two PDAs 1 1 0,

12740twf.ptd Page 8 1232383 V. Description of the invention (4) Data transmission is performed between 1 and 2 through a wired / wireless transmission interface 丨 3 〇 to achieve the purpose of data sharing, each PDA 丨 10, 12 〇 Hardware devices 112, 2 2 2 such as through the human-machine common interface (such as WINDOWS 9 5/9 8 / XP or PDA-specific interface) support, allowing users to quickly select their own application 丨丨 8, 1 2 8 to access related data or files. It is worth noting that if there is no related application inside the PDA, even if another internal data or file is retrieved through the transmission interface 130, it will not be able to perform the function of playing or reading data. Therefore, in this embodiment, a data share library 116, 126 is provided in each of the P D A 1 110 and 120 respectively. Please refer to FIG. 2, which illustrates a schematic diagram of the logical location of the data sharing library 204 of the present invention configured in a job system 202. The data sharing library 204 and the operating system 202 can reside in a system 2000 to support all applications 206 that require data sharing. Also in FIG. 1, the first data sharing library 1 16 can support the second personal digital assistant device 丨 2 0 to execute the application of the first digital assistant device 1 1 0 8 and the second data sharing library 126 can support the first personal digital assistant device 110 to execute the application program 28 of the second personal digital assistant device 120. For example, the MP3 player program in a PDA can directly play the MP3 file in another pDA through the data sharing library, without the need to copy the MP3 file to the pDA and then play it. Or, there is no MP3 player in a PDA to play Mp3 files, but the data sharing library can be used to directly execute the MP3 player in another pDA.

12740twf.ptd Page 9 1232383 V. Description of the invention (5) type, without having to keep the MP3 player in two PDAs, to save the PDA's memory space. In specific applications, two PDAs each have a functionally equivalent data sharing library 2 04, and the data sharing library 204 has a sending end and a receiving end, respectively, for controlling data transmission or receiving functions. With permissions. The sending end has, for example, a resource control module 2 10 and a resource transmission module 2 12. The resource control module 21 0 can specify a user list of each resource (data or program) that can be shared, and a corresponding password and Permissions. When the system receives a remote user login application, the resource control module 2 10 on the sending end first checks whether the username and password sent by the remote user match; in addition, when the remote user executes or accesses the resource, it also uses The resource control module 210 checks whether the user has permission to use it, and if so, executes programs or reads, writes, deletes, and modifies data. In addition, the sender's resource transmission module 2 1 2 can 'create a ^ copy in a data temporary storage area (or temporary storage memory)' before data transmission for remote users to read data from the data temporary storage area. , And when the remote user accesses the same resource again, there is no need to read from the resource storage location again to speed up the data reading speed. In addition, the receiving end has, for example, a resource application module 2 1 4 so that when a user needs to log in to a remote system, he first provides the correct user name and password to the sending end, and can only execute or access authorized resources. Furthermore, the receiving end may also have a resource use module 2 1 6 for the user to obtain a login permission, and the user may execute programs or access data as if on the system.

12740twf.ptd Page 10 1232383 V. Description of the invention (6) " A " material, including grabbing, writing, deleting or modifying data on the remote system or running applications on the remote system. One of the above data sharing libraries 2 can connect the sending end and the receiving end through some communication interfaces (not shown), for example, including a system registration interface and a user management interface, where the system registration interface enables the data sharing presentation The library runs together with the operating system. The sending end communicates its existence to the receiving end, and the receiving end can also discover the existence of the sending end. In addition, the user management interface can set the corresponding user name and permissions for each resource at the sending end, and enter the user name and password before the receiving end can log in. Next, please refer to FIGS. 3A and 3B, where FIG. 3A shows a schematic diagram of an operation interface of a traditional PDA when source sharing is not performed, and FIG. 3B shows an operation interface of the pDA when the present invention performs resource sharing. schematic diagram. In the figure of 3A, the operation interface 31 of a conventional PDA has, for example, a pull-down window 312, and the pull-down window 312 can display different categories of data catalogs of the same user on the display screen 300 of the PDA, for example: all ( Al 1), business (personal), unfiled or edit categories. In addition, in FIG. 3B, when the resource sharing mode is performed, the operation interface 310 of the pDA can also display the data directory 316 of another user on another PDA in a data sharing window 314, for example, including "Mach ineljll" or " ; Mach inel-Business '' and other data directories, where n Mach ineln indicates the name of the remote PDA added to the system, and the user can click into the data directory 31 16 of the remote PDA and read the data

12740twf.ptd Page 11 1232383 _____________ V. Description of the Invention (7) Access, write, delete or modify permissions. In addition, please refer to FIGS. 4A and 4B, where FIG. 4A shows a schematic diagram of the operation interface of a traditional PDA when resource co-drought is not performed, and FIG. 4B shows an operation interface of the PDA when resource sharing is performed according to the present invention. schematic diagram. In FIG. 4A, the operation interface 4 1 0 of the conventional PDA has, for example, a pull-down window 412, which displays different program directories of the same user on the display screen 400 of the PDA, including, for example, All and Game ), Main program (Main), system program (System), utility program (Utilities), unfiled (Unfiled) or edit categories (Edit Categories) and other program directories. In addition, in Figure 4B, when the resource sharing mode is performed, the PDA operation interface 400 can also display the program directory 4 1 6 of another user on other PD A in a program sharing window 4 1 4, for example, including " Mach i nel A A 1 1 " or "Mach in e 1 a Games" and other program directories, where n Mach inel " indicates the remote pda name added to the system, and the user can access the remote by clicking These programs in the PDA list 4 1 6 can execute permissions such as applications or system programs. Of course, these shared applications can also be displayed on the screen in the form of icons (icon) to present a variety of graphics. From the above description, it can be known that the resource sharing system of the present invention is applicable to PDA or other portable electronic devices, including PDA mobile phones or smart phones developed with a pDA-like function as the main structure, etc. The scope of this resource sharing system mainly includes a first personal digital assistant device, a second personal digital assistant device, and a transmission interface. The first and second personal data Each having a first assistant means

12740twf.ptd Page 12 1232383 V. Description of the invention (8) A data sharing library, a first application, a second data sharing library, and a second application, where the first data sharing library can support the first The two personal digital assistant devices execute the first application program of the first personal digital assistant device, and the second data sharing library can support the first personal assistant device to execute the second application program of the second personal digital assistant device. Although the present invention has been disclosed as above with a preferred embodiment, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art can make some changes and retouch without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of protection of the invention shall be determined by the scope of the attached patent application.

12740twf.ptd Page 13 1232383 Brief Description of Drawings Figure 1 shows a schematic diagram of the data structure of a resource sharing system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 illustrates the logical location of the data sharing library of the present invention in an operating system. FIG. 3A is a schematic diagram of an operation interface of a conventional PDA when resource sharing is not performed. FIG. 3B is a schematic diagram showing the operation interface of the PDA during resource sharing according to the present invention. FIG. 4A is a schematic diagram showing an operation interface of a conventional PDA when resource sharing is not performed. FIG. 4B is a schematic diagram showing the operation interface of the PDA when the present invention performs resource sharing. [Schematic description] 1 0 0: resource sharing system 1 1 0, 1 2 0: personal digital assistant device 1 1 2, 1 2 2: hardware device 1 14, 1 24 ·· device abstraction layer 1 1 6, 1 2 6: Data sharing library 1 1 8, 1 2 8 ·· Application 1 3 0: Transmission interface 200: System 2 02: Operating system 2 04: Data sharing library 2 0 6: Application

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Claims (1)

1232383 VI. Scope of patent application1. A resource sharing system including at least: a first digital assistant device having a first data sharing library and a first application program; a second personal digital assistant device having a second A data sharing library and a second application program; and a transmission interface connecting the first and second personal digital assistant devices, wherein the first data sharing library supports the second personal digital assistant device to execute the first digital assistant device The first application of the device, and the second data sharing library supports the first digital assistant device to execute the second application of the second personal digital assistant device. 2. The resource sharing system according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the first personal assistant device also has an operating system, and the operating system and the first data sharing library are located on the same logical location. 3. The resource sharing system according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the second personal digital assistant device further has an operating system, and the operating system and the second data sharing library are located on the same logical location . 4. The resource sharing system described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the first and second data sharing libraries are each provided with a sending end and a receiving end for controlling functions and permissions of data transmission and reception. 5. The resource sharing system according to item 4 of the scope of patent application, wherein the sending end has a resource control module, and the resource control module can specify a user list and corresponding passwords and permissions, and check a remote use 12740twf.ptd Page 16 1232383 6. Scope of patent application Whether the user name and password from the user match, and then grant the remote user permission to use it. 6 · The resource sharing system according to item 4 of the scope of patent application, wherein the sending end has a resource transmission module with a data temporary storage area for storing a copy of the data for a remote user to download from A copy of the data is read in the data temporary storage area. 7. The resource sharing system as described in item 4 of the scope of patent application, wherein the receiving end has a resource application module for a user to log in to the system first to provide the correct user name and password to the sending end. 8. The resource sharing system according to item 4 of the scope of patent application, wherein the receiving end has a resource use module for a user to execute a program or access data after obtaining a login permission. 9. An operation interface supporting a resource sharing system, suitable for a digital assistant device supporting a resource sharing function, the personal digital assistant device has a data sharing library, and the operation interface supporting the resource sharing system includes at least a ... A data sharing window for displaying a client data directory and a remote user data directory, and the data sharing library can read the data of the remote user data directory; and a program sharing window for displaying a client A program directory and a remote user program directory, and the data sharing library can execute programs of the remote user program directory. 12740twf.ptd Page 17