SMARTPHONES - STATE OF THE ART

Basis for Selection:

This technology is being researched.

Latest Date for Prior Art: December 31, 2003

Description:

This Study is a request for a “state of the art" collection.  The Reward is guaranteed to be paid.  The Reward will be paid for the 1-2 references that best describe the highest level of development of the technology described in the Requirements to Match field as of the Latest Dates for Prior Art. There are 2 Prior Art Dates for this Study. Features 1-4 have a LDPA of December 31, 2003, while features 5-15 have a LDPA of December 31, 1999.  The references will include descriptions of the features that teach how the feature functioned or was performed.

A smartphone is a mobile phone that offers advanced computing ability and connectivity. A smartphone runs operating system software that allows the user to install and run advanced applications based on a specific platform. Prior art of interest will provide descriptions of mobile communication devices with the following features:

[LDPA - 12/31/2003]

1. Touchscreen;

2. Screen and list orientation;

3. Search capability;

4. Ability to download, install and run user selected applications;

[LDPA - 12/31/1999}

5.  Inter-process communication mechanism;

6.  Application programming interface;

7.  Object-oriented programming;

8.  Wireless telephone;

9.  Internet access;

10.  Digital camera;

11. Power management,

12. Power consumption management software;

13. User selected graphics;

14. Security; and

15. Operating system.