| 20080235520 | Transportable, Configurable Data Carrier For Exchanging Data Between Electrical Devices, and Method Therefor - Adequately designed transportable data carriers are used for different applications. In order to allow for individual, particularly automatically adjustable, interactive configuration and allow also inexperienced users to rapidly transfer data, the invention relates to a data carrier comprising a single interface circuit to be connected to the respective device, a data memory for temporarily storing the data fed by the respective device, input and display means for user-controlled operation and user guidance, and a control unit that is connected to the same and is provided with a program memory for executing application programs and communication functions such that an authentication process is carried out, the transfer mode (master/slave) and the direction of the data transfer are automatically detected, and the adequate transmission type/speed/protocol for downloading the data are selected according to said authentication and identification processes with the aid of the control units for configuration purposes when the data carrier is connected to the respective device, and memory areas of the data memory can be read in and out and deleted only once the authentication process has been successful. | 09-25-2008 |
