Patent ID: 6360364
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of installing a computer application program from a base computer to a portable peripheral computer, wherein the portable peripheral computer has limited built-in memory and accepts one or more optional memory expansion units with additional memory, the method comprising:determining an installed size of the computer application program; querying the portable peripheral computer from the base computer to determine available memory space in the built-in memory of the portable peripheral computer; in the base computer, comparing the installed size of the computer application program with the available memory space in the built-in memory of the portable peripheral computer; if the available storage space is sufficient to accommodate the installed size of the computer application program, then automatically installing the computer application program in the built-in memory of the portable peripheral computer; if the available storage space is not sufficient to accommodate the installed size of the computer application program, then determining whether an optional memory expansion unit is installed in the portable peripheral computer; and if an optional memory expansion unit is installed in the portable peripheral computer, then installing the computer application program in the additional memory of the optional memory expansion unit.