Method and system for wireless data communication in data processing system

• US 20050250536A1
• Filed: 06/26/2002
• Published: 11/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Netac Technology Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Netac Technology Company Limited
• Inventors: Xiang, Feng, Cheng, Xiaohua, Deng, Guoshun
• Application Number:
  US10/502,921
• Publication Number:
  US 20050250536A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/558
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method of wireless data communication in a data processing system comprise the steps of providing a wireless data communication device, in which installed are a wireless transceiver module for receiving and transmitting data information, and a controller and an interface module for controlling the wireless data communication device; establishing an information exchange channel between the device and the data processing system based on a serial or parallel connection or wireless communication interface; wherein the wireless data communication device transmits or receives the data information through the wireless transceiver module via a public wireless network. The device is connected with a variety of data processing equipments, such as, a computer host through a variety of interfaces, and has a wireless transceiver module which can receive or transmit information through a mobile telephone network, uses directly communication services provided by the mobile telephone network company, and thus has the advantages of being online at any time but at low cost. It can also connect to the Internet for transmitting and receiving information so as to realize wireless access to the Internet.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A wireless data communication device for a data processing system, that allows the data processing system to wirelessly communicate with a network, comprising:

an interface module for operatively connecting the wireless data communication device to the data processing system formatted with at least one of a serial, parallel and wireless communication interface;

a wireless transceiver for communicating with the network;

a controller module operatively connected with the interface module and the wireless transceiver module controlling communications between the wireless data communication device, the data processing system, and the network;

a storage media module operatively connected with the controller module for storing media drivers for interfacing with the data processing system;

an identification code module operatively connected with the controller module and storing identification codes for providing at least one of encryption, identification of the data, and an identification of the wireless data communication device;

a wireless network Subscriber Identification Module (SM) connected to the transceiver module; and

a narrow slot for an electronic card insertion.

22. The device of claim 21, further comprising a storage media module using a flash memory.

23. The device of claim 21, further comprising an interface module that uses at least one of an Universal Serial Bus (USB), IEEE 1394, Personal Computer Memory Card (PCMCIA), CP and Bluetooth interface.

24. The device of claim 21, further comprising a power supply for the wireless data communication device where the power supply is connected via the serial or parallel interface.

25. The device of claim 21, further comprising an indicating element for indicating the operating state of the wireless data communication device.

26. The device of claim 25, characterized in that the indicating element is a LED, LCD, vibrator or sounder.

27. The device of claim 21, further comprising a write protection switch for preventing the data from being written into the storage media module.

28. The device of claim 21, wherein the narrow slot further comprises:

an electrical contact inside the narrow slot for operatively connecting the SIM card when inserted;

a lever mounted in the slot;

a spring attached to the lever for pushing the SIM; and

a manipulative point set beside the narrow slot, where pressing the manipulative point releases the inserted SIM card.

29. A method for a data processing system to wirelessly communicate data with a network, comprising the following steps of:

A. providing a wireless data communication device having a wireless transceiver module for receiving and transmitting data information, a controller module for controlling the wireless data communication device, and an interface module in communication with the data processing system, wherein the wireless data communication device is operatively connected to the data processing system,

B. establishing an information exchange channel through the interface module between the wireless data communication device and the data processing system wherein the interface module is at least one of a series, parallel and wireless communication interface;

C. transferring data over the information exchange channel; and

D. communicating data over a public wireless network with the transceiver module.

30. The method of claim 29, farther comprising establishing the information exchange channel by inserting the wireless data communication device into a port on the data storage system.

31. The method of claim 30, further comprising locating a driver for the wireless communication device in the data processing system at time of power-up wherein the controller module executes the firmware for the driver for the data communication device.

32. The method of claim 30, further comprising establishing communication includes an indication of a configuration of a mobile storage device in the wireless communication device to an operating system of the data processing system.

33. The method of claim 32, further comprising generating an interrupt signal from the interface module to the control module so that the control module establishes contact with an operating system in the data processing system.

34. The method of claim 29, wherein the interface module is at least one of a Universal Serial Bus (USB), IEEE 1394, Personal Computer Memory Card (PCMCIA), CP or Bluetooth interface.

35. The method of claim 30, further comprising testing for the interface module so that an operating system monitors and controls the change in a configuration in hardware.

36. The method of claim 35, where the wireless communication device is a plug and play module.

37. The method of claim 35, where the operating system deletes the configuration of the interface module when the wireless data communication device is removed from the data processing system.

38. The method of claim 29, where the public wireless network is at least one of a Global System for Communication (GSM), General Packet For Radio Service (GPRS), Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA), wide-band CDMA (WCDMA), CDMA2000 and Cellular Digit Packet Data (CDPD) network.

39. The method of claim 29, where the wireless data communication device provides access to the Internet to a mobile device that communicates with the data processing system.

40. The method of claim 29, wherein a plurality of wireless data communication devices are operatively connected to the data processing system.