Patent ID: 7017116
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of creating a graphical human-machine interface, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a computer using a first operating system; (b) providing a handheld portable computing device in communication with the computer, the handheld portable computing device using a second operating system that is less capable than the first operating system; (c) generating on the computer an interactive control software object that provides an interactive graphical human-machine interface when operating on the handheld portable computing device to allow control of at least one parameter of a process external to the handheld portable computing device by use of the handheld portable computing device; (d) simulating on the computer the operation of the interactive control software object on the handheld portable computing device; and (e) transferring the interactive control software object from the computer to the handheld portable computing device.