NETWORK AND PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES
First Claim
1. A networking device comprising:
- user interface circuits operable for user input and display;
a host processor coupled with said user interface circuits;
a network modem; and
a peripheral interface processor coupled with said host processor and operable to automatically execute content receptions and transmission through said network modem at least sometimes independently of said user interface circuits and said host processor; and
a local content storage coupled with said peripheral interface processor and wherein said peripheral interface processor is operable with said modem to transmit trigger signals representing controls to pull remote content from elsewhere and to subsequently receive such content via said modem for said local content storage.
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Abstract
A networking device (810) includes user interface circuitry (838) operable for user input and display, a host processor (880) coupled with the user interface circuits (838); a network modem (870) and a peripheral interface processor (810) coupled with the host processor (880) and operable to automatically execute content receptions and transmission through the network modem (870) at least sometimes independently of the user interface circuits (838) and the host processor (880); and a local content storage (820) coupled with the peripheral interface processor (810) and wherein the peripheral interface processor (810) is operable with the modem (870) to transmit trigger signals representing controls to pull remote content from elsewhere and to subsequently receive such content via the modem (870) for the local content storage (820). Other network circuits, devices, systems and processes and peripheral interface circuits, devices, systems and processes are also disclosed.
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49 Claims
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1. A networking device comprising:
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user interface circuits operable for user input and display; a host processor coupled with said user interface circuits; a network modem; and a peripheral interface processor coupled with said host processor and operable to automatically execute content receptions and transmission through said network modem at least sometimes independently of said user interface circuits and said host processor; and a local content storage coupled with said peripheral interface processor and wherein said peripheral interface processor is operable with said modem to transmit trigger signals representing controls to pull remote content from elsewhere and to subsequently receive such content via said modem for said local content storage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A peripheral interface processor integrated circuit comprising:
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a networking modem operable to receive signals carrying station addresses; a plurality of data interface circuits; and a programmable processor coupled with said modem and said interface circuits and operable to act as a local station with its own station address, said processor operable to detect a received station address other than own station address, to determine whether that received address is among a set of predetermined station addresses, and to capture at least some content from signals addressed to such received address provided the received address is among that set of station addresses. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A process of operating a networking circuit, the process comprising:
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detecting a received station address other than own station address; and capturing at least some content from signals addressed to such received address provided the received address is among a given set of station addresses. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A process of operation of a content-sharing network server, the process comprising:
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storing data beforehand that substantially represents a table indicating network stations of an electronic social group that may hold content remotely; receiving a station network address that corresponds to a station indicated in the table, and receiving with that address a data entity including file name of content; tagging the data entity with at least one identification indication of a station from the table; automatically initiating a message to at least one station thus tagged, each such message including a link to the content thus tagged. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. An electronic circuit for a mobile device, the electronic circuit comprising:
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a networking modem; a storage device operable to hold a content file; and a processor coupled with said networking modem to have a station MAC address and said processor coupled and operable with said storage device to store and tag such content file with at least one other MAC address, said processor further operable to make said storage device with tagged content file remotely discoverable upon receiving via said modem a remotely-originated discovery request including the other MAC address as originating MAC address of the discovery request. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49)
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