Patent ID: 6590588
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A method for providing wireless, radio-frequency communications on a handheld computer, the method comprising:providing an interface to receive a user-input requesting a content from a network over a wireless, radio-frequency channel; displaying, as at least part of the interface, a plurality of graphical user-interface features to provide information about one or more detectable characteristics associated with displaying the content in response to receiving the wireless, radio-frequency communications over the wireless, radio-frequency channel; in response to receiving the user-input, signaling a wireless, radio-frequency request over the wireless, radio-frequency channel to retrieve the content from the network; and receiving a network transmission corresponding to the content over the wireless, radio-frequency channel; and wherein a first graphical user-interface feature in the plurality of graphical user-interface features indicates whether at least one of signaling the request and receiving the network transmission for the content is to be encrypted prior to receiving the user-input; and wherein a second graphical user-interface feature in the plurality of graphical user-interface features indicates, prior to receiving the user-input, an available bandwidth of the wireless, radio-frequency channel.