Dynamic Data Relocation and Control (2DRC) is Meta4hand's protocol for enabling inputs from a handheld device, such as a PDA or Smartphone, to be wirelessly transferred to any external computing device. This technology allows a Smartphone to share its Internet connection with one or more computers around them as well as sharing other resources available on each device.

To work, 2DRC requires a minimum of two devices: a host and a controller. The host device may be a fully functional computer (desktop or All-in-One PC, laptop, Tablet or Ultra PC) while the controller can be any device that can connect to the Internet and has enough computing power to transfer data, such as a PDA or Smartphone. These devices are then wirelessly connected (paired) using either Bluetooth or 802.11 wireless LAN protocols. The controller acts as a data routing service for the Internet Service Provider (ISP) and the host computer. Internet requests sent from the host to the controller are forwarded to the ISP by the controller. At the same time, incoming responses received from the ISP are similarly forwarded to the host by the controller. 

Patents: US Patent No. 7109975 - Computer Pointer Control, US Publication No. 20020186676 - Wireless Network Computing (pending)
 

Key Features of 2DRC

Enables your controller (PDA) to share its internet with any host device (Computer) which is wirelessly connected to it.   Allows controller to send keyboard and mouse commands to a host computer along with Internet data packets.    Allows any data received by, or stored on, the controller to be shared with the host for final graphic rendering, data manipulation, or simple viewing.   Enables multi-user collaboration from multiple controllers on one or more host devices.

 
In addition to sharing Internet services with the host, 2DRC allows user keyboard and mouse inputs from the controller to be processed by the host. This allows the user to actually work with the data they deliver to the host. Keyboard and pointer data is captured locally on the controller and then passed to the host machine using dynamic data relocation for final processing.

By separating inputs and outputs across two paired devices, 2DRC enables the host device to be smaller than its controller. The host is not constrained by the size of the input (keyboard/mouse pad) or output (screen) devices built into laptops . Similarly, the controller can be the communication device that users already carry with them - their phone or PDA.
  

  

Requirements

Windows XP (on host)   Windows CE/Mobile 5.0 (on controller)   Wireless LAN or PAN capabilities on both devices   Touchscreen or pointer control (on controller)   Internet service (if data will be accessed wirelessly by the controller)   Note: The operating systems listed above are currently required. Others will be supported in the future.