Prior art

The most relevant prior art for US patent 9031537 would be the patents and non-patent literature cited during its prosecution. Since the full list of cited prior art is not directly provided in the initial prompt, I will extract this information from the Google Patents link and analyze it to identify the most relevant references that potentially anticipate the claims under 35 U.S.C. § 102.

Based on the provided patent text, US9031537 claims priority from two provisional applications: U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/214,339, filed on June 27, 2000, and U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/243,561, filed on October 26, 2000. These dates are crucial for determining what constitutes prior art. Any publication or patent publicly available before these priority dates could be considered prior art.

The patent itself describes the state of the art prior to its priority date of June 27, 2000. It explicitly states: "One aspect of the present invention is to provide a vastly improved electronic wireless hand held multimedia device than what was publicly available prior to Jun. 27, 2000." It also notes that before June 27, 2000, "PDAs and similar hand held devices were not available that could selectively link to more than one wireless connection for purposes of accessing remote multimedia data and multimedia data sources, such as the Internet and remote servers." Furthermore, "PDAs were not provided that included more than one wireless transceiver module to enable remote access via 802.11, cellular, short/visible range (e.g., Bluetooth), infrared, and GPS resources, and also provide enhanced computing capabilities including the capability of processing and viewing multimedia data such as video broadcasts."

Given this, the most relevant prior art would be any document that discloses a handheld device possessing more than one wireless transceiver module for multiple communication standards (e.g., cellular, 802.11, Bluetooth, infrared, RFID) for multimedia data, or the other features like a touch-sensitive display for video/GPS maps, cartridge reader, GPS module, mobile payment module, security module, and video camera, prior to June 27, 2000.

To accurately identify the most relevant prior art and perform a proper § 102 anticipation analysis, I would need access to the "Patent citations" section of the US9031537B2 Google Patents page, which lists 395 citations. Since I do not have direct access to this detailed list, I will base the analysis on the descriptions of the prior art provided within the patent's background and brief summary, as these reflect what the inventors and examiner considered relevant at the time.

Analysis of Most Relevant Prior Art (as described within US9031537):

The patent's background describes various technologies that existed prior to June 27, 2000, which, while not a specific patent citation, represent the known state of the art against which the invention was evaluated.

1. Existing Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)

• Full Citation: Not a specific patent, but a class of devices described in the "Background of the Invention" of US9031537.
• Publication/Filing Date: Publicly available prior to June 27, 2000.
• Brief Description: PDAs were "hand held computing devices" including a "microprocessor, memory unit, a display, associated encoder circuitry, and a user interface generally provided in the form of a keyboard and selector buttons." They could "optionally contain an infrared emitter and wireless receiver." They included "software that enables software applications for using a calendar, directory, calculator, games, and one or more multimedia programs." They also featured "a graphical user interface permit[ting] a user to store, retrieve and manipulate data via an interactive touch-sensitive display," and "Touch screen interfaces... are also increasingly being implemented with PDAs." PDAs could connect via "infrared, direct wire, or a single wireless communication links."
• Potential Anticipated Claim(s) under 35 U.S.C. § 102: This prior art broadly anticipates many fundamental elements of both Implied Independent Claim 1 and Implied Independent Claim 2, particularly the concept of a handheld electronic device, a microprocessor, a display, a user interface (including touch-sensitive), and the capability to run multimedia programs. However, the patent explicitly states that these prior art PDAs lacked the combination of "more than one wireless transceiver module to enable remote access via 802.11, cellular, short/visible range (e.g., Bluetooth), infrared, and GPS resources." Thus, while anticipating individual elements, it does not fully anticipate the "more than one wireless transceiver modules" aspect of Implied Independent Claim 1, nor the comprehensive combination of advanced features in Implied Independent Claim 2.

2. Known Wireless Communication Technologies (e.g., Cellular, 802.11, Bluetooth, Infrared, RFID)

• Full Citation: Not a specific patent, but a collection of technologies described as known in the "Detailed Description" of US9031537, publicly available prior to June 27, 2000.
• Publication/Filing Date: Publicly available prior to June 27, 2000.
• Brief Description: The patent mentions the existence of various cellular telecommunication networks (e.g., 3G, CDMA, GPRS, GSM), 802.11 standard networks (WLAN), and short-range wireless communication standards like Bluetooth, IrDA (infrared), and RFID. Bluetooth is described as a "global standard for low cost wireless data and voice communication."
• Potential Anticipated Claim(s) under 35 U.S.C. § 102: This body of prior art anticipates the individual wireless communication standards recited in Implied Independent Claim 1. For example, a device with only a cellular transceiver or only an 802.11 transceiver would be anticipated by the general knowledge of these technologies. However, the inventive step claimed by US9031537 is the combination of "more than one wireless transceiver modules" enabling communication over a variety of these standards in a single handheld device. Therefore, while each standard individually is anticipated, the specific combination claimed by Implied Independent Claim 1 is asserted to be novel over this prior art.

3. GPS Technology, Mobile Payments, Security, and Video Cameras

• Full Citation: Not specific patents, but concepts described as known or needed in the future in the "Background of the Invention" and "Detailed Description" of US9031537, publicly available prior to June 27, 2000.
• Publication/Filing Date: Publicly available prior to June 27, 2000.
• Brief Description: The patent notes the inventors' realization that "determining location information and enable the determination and provision of directions... a technique which can be referred to as GPS mapping" would be needed. It also discusses "mobile payments through the device, for example, by enabling hand held device users to be billed a transaction fee via bank accounts... prepaid services." The need for "protected data retrieval and management by enabling the use of pass codes, passwords and/or biometrics as well as communications security" was also identified. Lastly, the utility of "A video camera and video transmission capabilities enable a user to capture, store, process and transmit video and take pictures" was recognized.
• Potential Anticipated Claim(s) under 35 U.S.C. § 102: This general knowledge anticipates the individual elements of a GPS module, mobile payment capability, security features, and a video camera. For example, standalone GPS devices, secure payment systems, or digital cameras existed prior to the priority date. However, similar to the multi-transceiver aspect, the novelty asserted in Implied Independent Claim 2 lies in the integration of these multiple features into a single electronic wireless handheld multimedia device that also possesses the multi-standard wireless connectivity of Claim 1. Therefore, these individual technologies do not fully anticipate the combined invention of Implied Independent Claim 2.

To provide a more exhaustive and precise analysis of potential anticipation under 35 U.S.C. § 102, a full list and detailed review of all 395 patent citations and 6 non-patent citations would be necessary.