PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A FUNCTION OF DISPLAYING A PERSONAL FAVORITE COMPUTER ENVIRONMENT FOR USER

Abstract

A preferred embodiment of a method of this invention includes the following steps: changing a configuration data pointer of the computer from pointing to the computer configuration data of the computer to pointing to the preferred computer configuration data of the portable electronic device, and simultaneously, the computer changing a disk pointer of the computer from pointing to a main data storage of the computer to pointing to the data storage; connecting to the network server through an internet connection and accessing the “my folders” of the network server, according to the address data in the portable electronic device; changing the configuration data pointer from pointing to the preferred computer configuration data to pointing to the computer configuration data, and simultaneously, changing the disk pointer from pointing to the “my folders” to pointing to the main data storage, when the connection between the computer and the portable electronic device is disabled.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a preferred embodiment linking a portable electronic device and a computer in accordance of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of main function modules of the application program of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a preferred method for implementing data communications between the portable electronic device and the computer of FIG. 1, utilizing the application program.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device with function of displaying a personal favorite computer environment for a user, the portable electronic device comprising: a transmitting interface for performing data communications between a computer and the portable electronic device;a data storage for storing an address data, a preferred computer configuration data, and an application program; anda microcontroller unit, connected to the transmitting interface and the storage, for controlling the data communications between the portable electronic device and the computer;wherein the application program comprises:an operation module for changing a configuration data pointer of the computer from pointing to a computer configuration data of the computer to pointing to the preferred computer configuration data of the portable electronic device, and simultaneously, changing a disk pointer of the computer from pointing to a main data storage of the computer to pointing to the data storage, thereby connecting to a network server through an internet connection and accessing “my folders” of the network server, according to the address data;a pointer reset module for changing the configuration data pointer of the computer from pointing to the preferred computer configuration data of the portable electronic device to pointing to the computer configuration data of the computer, and simultaneously, changing the disk pointer of the computer from pointing to the “my folders” of the network server to pointing to the main data storage of the computer.

2. The portable electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein, the address data is for recording an address of a network server and one or more addresses of “my folders” of the network server.

3. The portable electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein, the preferred computer configuration data comprises a preferred computer environment configuration data for setting a preferred environment for the user.

4. The portable electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein, the preferred computer configuration data further comprises a general applications configuration data for setting general applications according to users' personal preference.

5. The portable electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein, “my folders” are backups of important or frequently used data from the computer.

6. The portable electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein, the application program further comprises a user identification module for determining whether a user operating on the portable electronic device is an authorized user through a password authentication system.

7. The portable electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein, the application program further comprises a backup module for saving documents from the computer into the “my folders” of the network server if the “my folders” exists in the network server.

8. The portable electronic device as described in claim 7, wherein the backup module is also for recording addresses of “my folders” into the portable electronic device if the “my folders” is a newly created folder, and simultaneously, automatically generating a corresponding folder pointer in the preferred computer environment configuration data to point to the newly created folder.

9. The portable electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein, the operation mode of the computer includes a client mode and a host mode.

10. The portable electronic device as described in claim 9, wherein, the application program further comprises an operation module for determining an operation mode of the computer according to users' selection.

11. A method for implementing a portable electronic device with function of displaying a personal favorite computer environment for user, comprising: connecting the portable electronic device to a computer, wherein the portable electronic device comprises a transmitting interface, a microcontroller unit, and a data storage, the data storage stores an address data, a preferred computer configuration data, and an application program executed on the computer;changing a configuration data pointer of the computer from pointing to the computer configuration data of the computer to pointing to the preferred computer configuration data of the portable electronic device, and simultaneously, changing a disk pointer of the computer from pointing to a main data storage of the computer to pointing to the data storage;connecting to the network server through an internet connection and accessing the “my folders” of the network server, according to the address data in the portable electronic device;changing the configuration data pointer of the computer from pointing to the preferred computer configuration data of the portable electronic device to pointing to a computer configuration data of the computer, and simultaneously, changing the disk pointer of the computer from pointing to the “my folders” of the network server to pointing to the main data storage of the computer, when the connection between the computer and the portable electronic device is disabled.

12. The portable electronic device as described in claim 11, wherein, the address data is for recording an address of a network server and one or more addresses of “my folders” of the network server.

13. The portable electronic device as described in claim 11, wherein, the preferred computer configuration data includes a preferred computer environment configuration data for setting a preferred favorite computer environment for the user.

14. The portable electronic device as described in claim 11, wherein, the preferred computer configuration data comprises a general applications configuration data is for setting general applications according to personal preference.

15. The portable electronic device as described in claim 11, wherein, the “my folders” are backups of important or used frequently data from the computer.

16. The portable electronic device as described in claim 11, wherein, the operation mode of the computer includes a client mode and a host mode.

17. The portable electronic device as described in claim 11, wherein, further comprising the step of determining whether the user is the authorized user after connecting the portable electronic device to a computer.

18. The portable electronic device as described in claim 16, wherein, further comprising the step of determining the operation mode of the computer before changing a configuration pointer of the computer.

19. The portable electronic device as described in claim 11, wherein, further comprising the step of recording addresses of “my folders” into the portable electronic device if the “my folders” is a newly created folder when saving or backup documents into the “my folders”.

20. The portable electronic device as described in claim 11, wherein, further comprising the step of automatically generating a corresponding folder pointer in the preferred computer environment configuration data to point to the newly created folder.