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Portable electronic devices

  • US 6,230,214 B1
  • Filed: 08/18/1998
  • Issued: 05/08/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A portable electronic device assembly comprising:

  • a portable electronic device comprising;

    an infra-red input/output communications port arranged in a first mode of operation to transmit data between the portable electronic device and a remote electronic device via a wireless transmission link;

    a data transmission cable adapted to carry transmitted data between the portable device and the remote electronic device in a second mode of operation, the data transmission cable including an infra-red receiver/transmitter device situated behind an infra-red transparent window in the cable, the receiver/transmitter device being connected to an electronic interface located in the cable, the electronic interface adapted to convert electrical protocol signals and infra-red protocol signals; and

    a coupling mechanism associated with said infra-red communications port for coupling a first end of the data transmission cable to the infra-red communications port, wherein in the second mode of operation said first end of the cable is coupled to the infra-red communications port of the portable device and a second end of the cable is connected to the remote electronic device and data is transmitted between the portable device and the remote electronic device via said infra-red communications port and the cable.

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