Patent ID: 7058308

Claim:
A method for communicating multimedia data between an electronic device for transmission and an electronic device for receiving by means of IR (infrared) rays, comprising: converting data to be transmitted into a document by a document processing program installed in the electronic device for transmission; appending a filename extension to the document for classifying the document; transmitting the document through an IRCS (IR transceiving control signal) by an IR transceiver of the electronic device for transmission; receiving the IRCS as indicative of the transmitted document by the electronic device for receiving; identifying and processing the received document based on the filename extension thereof so as to create identifiable data, wherein each of the electronic device for transmission and the electronic device for receiving comprises: an information processing module implemented as a CPU (central processing unit) and including the document processing program; a data storage module for receiving an ACS (access signal) for accessing data; an IR communication module consisting of the IR transceiver and an IR protocol for receiving an IRS (IR transceiving signal) for transceiving data; and a display module for receiving a DSS (display signal), displaying message, and prompting, and wherein the electric device for transmission performs the following steps to transmit data: (a) commanding the information processing module to assemble a name of the document, a filename extension for the document, and data contained in the document to form a complete document to be transmitted based on a data structure of the document; (b) storing the complete document in the data storage module; (c) receiving the IRCS for analysis and processing; (d) determining whether the received IRCS is one defined by a system; (e) if a result for the determination in step (d) is positive and if the electronic device for transmission is in a standby mode, the electronic device for transmission outputs the IRS, the ACS and the DSS to the IR communication module, the data storage module, and the display module respectively based on the received LRCS; (f) determining by the system whether there is a response signal; (g) if a result of the determination in step (f) is positive, performing a frame processing on the document in the data storage module by the information processing module prior to transmission; (h) determining whether a last framed document is met during the transmission of the framed document; and (i) if a result of the determination in step (h) is positive, deactivating the IR transceiver for the electronic device for transmission and releasing a memory occupied by the framed document prior to completion.