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Home network interface legacy device adapter

  • US 20040157548A1
  • Filed: 10/24/2003
  • Published: 08/12/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system, comprising:

  • a first legacy device;

    a transmission medium;

    a second legacy device;

    a first network adapter coupled to the first legacy device, the first network adapter having circuitry to receive a data code sequence on infrared pulses, the data code sequence recognized by the second legacy device and to control the second legacy device, the first network adapter having circuitry to generate a representation of the data code sequence from the data code sequence, the first network device to transfer the representation of the data code sequence to the transmission medium; and

    a second network adapter coupled to transfer the representation of the data code sequence from the transmission medium to the second legacy device, the second legacy device having circuitry to transfer an analog audio signal to the second network adapter in response to the representation of the data code sequence, the second network adapter having circuitry to encode the analog audio signal into a digital audio data stream, the second network adapter having circuitry to transfer the digital audio data stream to the first network adapter via the transmission medium the first network adapter having circuitry to decode the digital audio data stream back into the analog audio signal, and circuitry to transfer the analog audio signal to the first legacy device.

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