DE19940205A1 - Personal digital visiting assistant has integrated read/write device for electronic visiting cards and chip cards - Google Patents

Abstract

The personal digital visiting assistant has an integrated read/write device with a card insertion slot, for direct access to digital data provided by an electronic visiting card or chip card, for logging the digital data, e.g. the name, company and telephone number of the visitor, in the memory of the personal digital visiting assistant, or for writing digital data held in the memory on an inserted electronic visiting card or chip card.

Description

The invention relates to a PDA or also referred to as an organizer with an integrated Read / write device for electronic business cards and chip cards. As a designation tion of the device according to the invention is PDVA (Personal Digital Visiting Assi stant) introduced.

Both PDAs, electronic business and chip cards, as well as read / write counters for electronic business cards and chip cards are known and used.

Electronic business cards and chip cards are the same as conventional ones Business cards made of paper or other carrier materials Data such as: names, fir Menu name, phone numbers and other information stored digitally.

The conversion of the data of the electronic business cards on the market and chip cards in formats that the known PDAs can read and process, is cumbersome and difficult and involves a lot of effort or even not possible.

The task of the PDA or organizer with integrated read / write device for electronic business cards and chip cards according to the invention records as PDVA (Personal Digital Visiting Assistant) consists of direct access to the digitally stored data from electronic business cards and chip cards. The Data such as: names, company names, telephone numbers and other information are stored directly in the databases of the PDVA or the PC desktop (PC software of the PDVA). The entry is made by inserting the electroni business cards and chip cards in the read / write slot of the PDVA device and reading the digitally stored data.

This object is achieved by the invention specified in the claims solves and a clear time and knockout compared to known market technology savings achieved.

Another advantage of the invention is the ability to be smart cards write. This makes it possible to create any electronic Business cards and chip cards with any data and amounts of data (depending on the memory chip cards).

Claims (7)

1. PDVA - Personal Digital Visiting Assistant - (further names: electronic organizer, appointment and time planner) for storing digital information such as: name, company name, telephone numbers, addresses, calendar functions and other information characterized by the fact that the device has an integrated writing / Reads electronic business cards and chip cards. 2. PDVA according to claim 1, characterized in that in the PDVA a write / Reading slot or a slot for electronic business cards and Smart cards are available. 3. PDVA according to claim 1 and 2, characterized in that with the insert an electronic business card or chip card in the write and read slot the writing of digitally stored information such as: name, company name name, phone numbers and other information on electronic business cards or chip cards is possible. 4. PDVA according to claim 1 and 2, characterized in that with the insert an electronic business card or chip card in the write and read slot reading digitally stored information such as: name, company name, Telephone numbers and other information from electronic business cards or Chip cards is possible. 5. PDVA according to claim 1, 2 and 4, characterized in that with the Einle the digital information stored on electronic business cards or chip cards Formations such as: names, company names, telephone numbers and other information formations the direct transfer of the information into the databases of the PDVA he follows. 6. PDVA according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, characterized in that the data Windows standard software (Winword, Excel and others) via the PDVA electronic business cards or chip cards can be saved. 7. PDVA according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, characterized in that data the standard Windows software (Winword, Excel and others) via the PDVA from electronic business cards or chip cards can be read.