Extended Systems to Provide Bluetooth Transport Software to Motorola
Key components include Object Exchange (OBEX) and Mobile Communications (IrMC) modules, which are designed to facilitate wireless file exchange and data synchronization. These modules provide a high-level application protocol interface (API) to standard applications, which enables users to exchange and synchronize data between wireless devices. Because Extended Systems' software kit features a multi-transport OBEX module, Motorola can develop products that support wireless or wired transports—including Bluetooth, infrared and serial—within the same device.
This is the third agreement between Motorola and Extended Systems that focuses on implementing short-range wireless connectivity across Motorola's communications product line. It began with Motorola's L7089 tri-band GSM cellular phone, followed by Motorola's Timeport P935 personal interactive communicator for mobile business users. In both cases, Motorola licensed Extended Systems' IrDA-(Infrared Data Association) compliant infrared software technology enabling users to exchange data with other IrDA-compliant devices.
In 1994, Extended Systems helped found the Infrared Data Association where it authored the original specification for OBEX. Extended Systems co-authored(a) the specifications for IrMC, a universal standard for data synchronization. Both models were later incorporated into the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) specifications for embedded devices.
Edited by Winn Hardin, Managing Editor