PocketDrive: A System for Mobile Control of Desktop PC and Its Applications Using PDAs

Overview

Off late, consumer electronic devices and PCs are inevitable parts of the daily life. Controlling those devices remotely is an important aspect of the technology. One has already universal remote control devices for controlling consumer electronic devices. Similarly, the user may control the desktop and laptop PCs and their applications remotely via portable and smaller computers like PDAs and Pocket PCs. This paper presents a system and its architecture that enable a wireless-enabled PDA to control a PC and its applications remotely over a 802.11 or Bluetooth link. With such a system running on a PDA, a user can start, run and control PC applications from any location that is reachable via 802.11 link.