Patent ID: 6493747
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: G06F,G16H

Abstract:
A data acquisition and management system comprising:at least two input computers, operably coupled via a communication link, each coupled to a respective local database of data records; and at least two portable computing devices, each operably coupled to one of the two input computers via a wireless communication channel for accessing and updating the data records of the local databases of the at least two input computers, wherein each portable computing device comprises: a CPU for controlling operation of the portable computing device; memory storing at least one data set, each data set having multiple data fields storing data values; and a touch sensitive display device for displaying at least a data I/O screen and for sensing contact by a user, the CPU defining multiple virtual regions upon the data I/O screen, each virtual region corresponding to a data field, the display device sensing contact by the user within a virtual region, the display device displaying within each virtual region a data value for the associated data field from a current data set, the CPU identifying a virtual region contacted by the user and executing a control sequence associated therewith.