Method and system for coupling a personal computer with an appliance unit via a wireless communication link to provide an output display presentation

• US 6,243,772 B1
• Filed: 01/31/1997
• Issued: 06/05/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Cirrus Logic Incorporated
• Original Assignee: ShareWave, Inc. (Cirrus Logic Incorporated)
• Inventors: Ghori, Amar, White, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Thomas C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WANG, ALBERT C
• Application Number:
  US08/792,361
• Time in Patent Office: 1,586 Days
• Field of Search: 395/828, 348/571, 348/12, 348/552, 345/520, 340/825.72, 375/206, 455/6.3, 710/68
• US Class Current: 710/68
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/38 Transmitter circuitry for the transmission of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/641 Multi-purpose receivers, e.g. for auxiliary information H04N9/642 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

The invention provides a method and apparatus for incorporating an appliance into a computer system. One embodiment of the invention has a computer with a first digital wireless transceiver, and an appliance unit with a second digital wireless transceiver for communicatively coupling to the first wireless transceiver. This appliance unit also has (1) an output device, communicatively coupled to the second wireless transceiver, for presenting an output presentation based on signals received from the computer via the wireless transceivers, and (2) an input device, communicatively coupled to the second wireless transceiver, for receiving input signals from a operator of the appliance unit.

Claims