Wireless broadband modem for mobile device connector
OwnerNathanael Charles Ellisinventor
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Abstract
A cellular modem device that is integrated with a proprietary dock connector of a mobile device, such as the proprietary 30 pin dock connector of an iPod Touch or iPad, permits the mobile device to connect for Internet access to the associated cellular carrier. The device is usable in circumstances where the mobile device does not contain internal cellular modem circuitry, and/or the device is unable to use WiFi-based Internet and/or the device's internal cellular circuits are out of range of cellular service of the carrier for which those circuits are designed, and/or the internal cellular circuits are not activated on the associated cellular network.
Claims6
A cellular accessory for use with a proprietary docking connector of a mobile device, comprising
- a. a circuit board incorporating a cellular modem and a mating proprietary docking connector matable to the proprietary docking connector of the mobile device,
- b. the circuit board including power circuitry connected to pins of the mating proprietary docking connector and further comprising 802.11x circuitry to communicate with the mobile device and connect to other devices near to the mobile device, and provide cellular Internet access to the mobile device via 802.11x communications with the mobile device and to provide a gateway for Internet communications of said other devices via 802.11x communications to said 802.11x circuitry and then via said cellular modern of said cellular accessory.
A method of using a cellular accessory connected to a mobile device via a proprietary docking connector of the mobile device, comprising,
- a. connecting a mating proprietary docking connector of the cellular accessory to the proprietary docking connector the mobile device,
- b. communicating Internet traffic between said mobile device and cellular accessory while said accessory is connected to said docking connector, and
- c. connecting via 802.11x circuitry to other devices near to said mobile device, and providing a gateway for Internet communications of said other devices via 802.11 communications to said 802.11x circuitry and then via said cellular modem of said cellular accessory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.