Patent ID: 6374245
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A system including a server system for generating and storing files to be distributed to a plurality of users, a data transceiver connected to the server system, and a personal digital assistant (PDA) connected to the data transceiver for transmitting and receiving data of the server system, wherein the server system comprises:a data portion for storing the files; a controller for determining which of the files stored in the data portion are new or changed; a selector for selecting, according to user command, from among the files which are new or changed, a plurality of files to be downloaded to the PDA from the data portion; and a file storage portion for storing the plurality of files selected by the selector; wherein the controller classifies each of the plurality of files selected by the selector according to user, stores each of the plurality of files by user in different directories of the file storage portion, and when a particular user wishes, downloads only files stored in the directory of the particular user to the PDA associated with the particular user.