Network adapter

• US 20040087214A1
• Filed: 11/04/2002
• Published: 05/06/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Double Win Enterprise Co. Ltd. (ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Double Win Enterprise Co. Ltd. (ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Cho, Shih-Ming
• Application Number:
  US10/286,876
• Publication Number:
  US 20040087214A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/638
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/06 for computer periphery
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 27/02 for simultaneous co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 31/065 with built-in electric apparatus

Abstract

A network adapter device such as a modulation bridge is provided for establishing a home network. The device comprises a modulation bridge including a control chip assembly complied with HomePlug, a plurality of device ports wherein one is adapted to connect to a computer via a network line and the other one is adapted to connect to a peripheral via a USB line, a coaxial cable jack, a modular telephone jack, and a power cord jack. Thus, the invention can connect to a power cord, telephone line cord, or coaxial cable for effecting a data transmission between a computer and a peripheral or between computers in the home network.

Claims

1. A network adapter device provided in a room having an embedded first telephone line cord and at least one modular wall jack coupled to the first telephone line cord, the device comprising:

a modulation bridge including a control chip assembly complied with HomePlug, a plurality of device ports wherein one is adapted to connect to a computer via a network line and the other one is adapted to connect to a peripheral via a Universal Serial Bus (USB) line, a coaxial cable jack, a modular telephone jack, and a power cord jack; and

a second telephone line cord having one end coupled to the modular telephone jack and the other end coupled to the modular wall jack.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the modulation bridge is an Ethernet adapter.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the modulation bridge is a USB adapter.

4. A network adapter device provided in a room having an embedded coaxial cable, the device comprising a modulation bridge comprising a control chip assembly complied with HomePlug, a plurality of device ports wherein one is adapted to connect to a computer via a network line and the other one is adapted to connect to a peripheral via a Universal Serial Bus (USB) line, a coaxial cable jack connected to the coaxial cable, a modular telephone jack, and a power cord jack.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the modulation bridge is an Ethernet adapter.

6. The device of claim 4, wherein the modulation bridge is a USB adapter.

7. A network adapter device comprising a modulation bridge including a control chip assembly complied with HomePlug, a plurality of device ports wherein one is adapted to connect to a computer via a network line and the other one is adapted to connect to a peripheral via a Universal Serial Bus (USB) line, a coaxial cable jack, a modular telephone jack, and a power cord jack.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the modulation bridge is an Ethernet adapter.

9. The device of claim 7, wherein the modulation bridge is a USB adapter.