Wireless data-transferring apparatus

A wireless data-transferring apparatus for performing wireless communication with an information-processing terminal, comprising:

• means for receiving broadcast program data;
• means for compression-encoding the broadcast program data received by the receiving means;
• and
• a communications control device configured to perform data-transfer between an external network and the information-processing terminal, in accordance with requests transmitted by radio signal from the information-processing terminal, and to transmit, by radio signal, data received from the external network and the compression-encoded broadcast program data to the information-processing terminal in a time-divided fashion when the communications control device receives the compression-encoded broadcast program data provided in the apparatus.

A wireless data-transferring apparatus configured to be connected by radio to an information-processing terminal, comprising:

• a receiving unit which receives broadcast program data demanded by a command transmitted via a wireless network from the information-processing terminal;
• a CPU which controls the receiving unit;
• and
• a communications control device which connects the information-processing terminal to an external network in response to an access command received from the information-processing terminal via the wireless network, and which includes:
• a wireless communications device configured to transmit data to and receive data from the information-processing apparatus via the wireless network;
• a network control device configured to transmit data to and receive data from the external network;
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• a processor connected to the CPU by a bus and configured to receive a command for requesting the broadcast program data, which the wireless communications device has received from the information-processing terminal, to supply the command to the CPU via the bus, and to control the wireless communications device to transmit data received from the external network and the broadcast program data received via the bus, to
• the information-processing terminal in a time-divided fashion through the wireless network.

A wireless data-transferring apparatus configured to be connected by radio to an information-processing terminal, comprising:

• a receiving unit which receives broadcast program data demanded by a command transmitted via a wireless network from the information-processing terminal;
• an encoder which compress-encodes the broadcast program data received by the receiving unit;
• a CPU which controls the receiving unit and the encoder;
• and
• a communications control device which connects the information-processing terminal to an external network in response to an access command received from the information-processing apparatus via the wireless network, and which includes:
• a wireless communications device configured to transmit data to and receive data from the information-processing apparatus via the wireless network;
• a network control device configured to transmit data to and receive data from the external network;
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• a processor connected to the CPU by a bus and configured to receive a command for requesting the broadcast program data, which the wireless communications device has received from the information-processing terminal, to supply the command to the CPU via the bus, and to control the wireless communications device to transmit data received from the external network and the broadcast program data compression-encoded by the encoder and received via the bus, to the information-processing terminal in a time-divided fashion through the wireless network.

A wireless data-transferring apparatus for performing wireless communication with an information-processing terminal, comprising:

• a receiving unit to receive broadcast program data;
• an encoder to compress-encode the broadcast program data received by the receiving unit;
• and
• a communications control device configured to perform data-transfer between an external network and the information-processing terminal, in accordance with requests transmitted by radio signal from the information-processing terminal, and to transmit, by radio signal, data received from the external network and the compression-encoded broadcast program data to the information-processing terminal in a time-divided fashion when the communications control device receives the compression-encoded broadcast program data provided in the apparatus.

A wireless data-transferring apparatus, comprising:

• means for receiving broadcast program data;
• means for receiving data from an external network;
• and
• means for wirelessly outputting simultaneously the broadcast program data and the data from the external network in a time-divided fashion by radio.

A wireless data-transferring apparatus, comprising:

• means for receiving broadcast program data;
• means for receiving data from an external network;
• means for compression-encoding the broadcast program data received by the receiving means;
• and
• means for wirelessly outputting simultaneously the broadcast program data compression-encoded by the compression-encoding means and the data from the external network in a time-divided fashion by radio.

A wireless data-transferring apparatus, comprising:

• a system bus;
• means for receiving broadcast program data connected to the system bus;
• means for receiving data from an external network connected to the system bus;
• and
• wireless communication means for receiving the broadcast program data from the means for receiving broadcast program data via the system bus, and for receiving the data from the external network from the means for receiving data from the external network without passing through the system bus.

A wireless data-transferring apparatus, comprising:

• a first receiver to receive broadcast program data;
• a second receiver to receive data from an external network;
• and
• a wireless transmitter to transmit simultaneously the broadcast program data and the data from the external network in a time-divided fashion by radio.

A wireless data-transferring apparatus, comprising:

• a first receiver to receive broadcast program data;
• a second receiver to receive data from an external network;
• an encoder to compress-encode the broadcast program data received by the first receiver;
• and
• a wireless transmitter to transmit simultaneously the broadcast program data compression-encoded by the encoder and the data from the external network in a time-divided fashion by radio.

A wireless data-transferring apparatus, comprising:

• a system bus;
• a first receiver, to receive broadcast program data, connected to the system bus;
• a second receiver, to receive data from an external network, connected to the system bus;
• a wireless communication module to receive the broadcast program data from the first receiver via the system bus, and to receive the data from the external network from the second receiver without passing through the system bus.