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System and method for remote optical digital networking of computing devices

  • US 6,920,289 B2
  • Filed: 02/01/2001
  • Issued: 07/19/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An optical communication system to extend a range or data communications comprising:

  • a mobile communication device with at least one associated optical transmitter and an optical receiver coupled thereto;

    at least one software application capable of executing on the mobile device and communicating a plurality of message bits to at least one external device using the optical transmitter and the optical receiver;

    at least one transmit stack coupled to the optical transmitter so that a bit placed in the transmitter stack is transmitted out the optical transmitter;

    a range extender application which executes without any hardware modification to the mobile device, the range extender application operable for extending a physical range of at least the optical transmitter by taking each message bit sent by the software application and converting the message bit to a set of a plurality of optical transmission pulses to be placed on the transmit stack for optical transmission via the optical transmitter to the external device.

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