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Dual mode modem for automatically selecting between wireless and wire-based communication modes

  • US 6,131,136 A
  • Filed: 12/12/1997
  • Issued: 10/10/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A dual mode modem for automatically selecting between wireless and wire-based communication modes, the modem comprising:

  • mode selection circuitry coupled to modem processing circuitry;

    a wired interface selectively coupled to a wire-based communications network and further coupled to the mode selection circuitry; and

    a wireless interface selectively coupled to a wireless communications network and further coupled to the mode selection circuitry,wherein the mode selection circuitry routes data between the modem processing circuitry and the wired interface when the wired interface is coupled to the wire-based communications network, and routes data between the modem processing circuitry and the wireless interface when the wired interface is not coupled to the wire-based communications network.

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