US 6,889,058 B2 · Set up logic for dual interface wireless IP communication device

Abstract

A communication interface device includes a wireless Internet packet (IP) transceiver and a PCMCIA card electrically connected to the transceiver. Also, a universal serial bus (USB) connector is plugged into a hub that holds the PCMCIA card, with a cord extending from the USB connector and terminating in another USB connector. Accordingly, the device can be engaged with the PCMCIA bay of a user terminal or, if a user terminal has no PCMCIA bay, with a USB receptacle of the user terminal, to establish wireless communication. To simplify set-up, a CD containing all operating system versions of PCMCIA and USB drivers is engaged with the user terminal. The terminal's operating system is then automatically determined, and only the drivers associated with that operating system are loaded onto the terminal.

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Dependent claims

A method for enabling a user terminal to use a communication interface device having at least one personal computer memory card interface architecture (PCMCIA) interface and at least one universal serial bus (USB) interface, comprising:

engaging a storage device with the user terminal, the storage device containing plural PCMCIA drivers, each associated with a respective operating system, the storage device also containing plural USB drivers, each associated with a respective operating system;
automatically determining an operating system of the user terminal;
automatically loading a PCMCIA driver and a USB driver onto the user terminal in accordance with the determining act;
and
undertaking wireless Internet packet (IP) communication using at least one of the drivers.

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Set up logic for dual interface wireless IP communication device

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Set up logic for dual interface wireless IP communication device

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Abstract

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