| 摘要 |
The present invention comprises a distributed display panel that accepts personal computing devices. The personal computing device can drive the distributed display panel so that the combination functions as a computer terminal. The CPU is not in the distributed display panel but in the portable computing device carried by the user. This approach allows the user to effectively carry computer in the user's pocket and use generic services on the computer network. The distributed display panel device consists of memory and an interface to an external port into which the personal computing device can be inserted. Once the personal computing device is inserted the personal computing device is recognized and connections are made to the distributed display panel and to a network. From this point computing is performed on the personal computing device. Since the CPU of the personal computing device is known and trusted (since it belongs to the user) the computing environment is highly trusted. The distributed display panel comprises a display such as an LCD type display, a reading device for receiving data from the personal computing device, and a bus interface to the personal computing device. The personal computing device includes a CPU, memory, and, in one embodiment, a platform independent computing environment, such as implemented in the JAVA<TM> programming language.
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