Patent ID: 8055921
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A battery powered computing device configured for low power data transfer, the computing device comprising: a central processing unit (CPU) coupled to a battery, dynamic memory, fixed storage and a display within a single computing case, the CPU also being coupled to a static memory; a primary personal computing operating mode enabled by application logic stored in the fixed storage for enabling the CPU to save an editable document into the static memory and also an auxiliary low-power consumption operating mode enabled by embedded program code embedded in a microcontroller separate from the CPU, the microcontroller being coupled to the static memory for accessing and retrieving the editable document from the static memory; a short range radio frequency transceiver configured for access by the auxiliary low-power consumption operating mode to establish a short range radio frequency communications link with an external pervasive device and to transmit the editable document from the static memory to the pervasive device; and, a boot read only memory (ROM) programmed to selectively bootstrap into either the primary personal computing operating mode or the auxiliary low-power consumption operating mode.