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US Patent 8152071 Multi-purpose portable computer with integrated devices

Patent 8152071 was granted and assigned to Motion Computing on April, 2012 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Motion Computing

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

81520710

Patent Inventor Names

John Doherty0

Mike Collins0

Date of Patent

April 10, 2012

Patent Application Number

120284110

Date Filed

February 8, 2008

Patent Primary Examiner

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Daniel Hess

Patent abstract

A portable computer having multiple modes of connectivity is disclosed. The portable computer may be configured to communicate using several wireless transmission protocols, including WWAN, WiFi, and Bluetooth. The portable computer may also receive input from multiple devices, including a bar code scanner, camera, RFID reader, fingerprint reader, digitizer, and an audio subsystem. The portable computer may also contain an accelerometer, and may be configurable to automatically park its hard drive disk when acceleration of a predetermined magnitude is detected.