Wireless cable replacement for computer peripherals
First Claim
1. A method for emulating a physical connection using a wireless connection, comprising:
- registering a slave adapter with a host controller through a physical connection between the slave adapter and the host controller;
in response to registration of the slave adapter, receiving configuration parameters from the host controller;
establishing a communication session with the host controller according to a first communication protocol;
establishing a wireless connection with a wireless device coupled to a peripheral;
receiving a wireless signal comprising peripheral registration information for the peripheral formatted according to a second communication protocol;
communicating the peripheral registration information to the host controller as part of the communication session to allow the host controller to recognize the peripheral;
receiving data from as part of the communication session; and
communicating, in a manner determined based on the configuration parameters, the data in a wireless signal using the wireless connection.
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Abstract
A method for emulating a physical connection using a wireless connection includes establishing a communication connection with a host controller according to a first communication protocol and establishing a wireless connection with a wireless device coupled to a peripheral. The method further includes receiving a wireless signal comprising registration information for the peripheral formatted according to a second communication protocol and communicating the registration information to the host controller using the communication connection. The communication of the registration information to the host controller allows the host controller to recognize the peripheral.
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38 Claims
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1. A method for emulating a physical connection using a wireless connection, comprising:
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registering a slave adapter with a host controller through a physical connection between the slave adapter and the host controller; in response to registration of the slave adapter, receiving configuration parameters from the host controller; establishing a communication session with the host controller according to a first communication protocol; establishing a wireless connection with a wireless device coupled to a peripheral; receiving a wireless signal comprising peripheral registration information for the peripheral formatted according to a second communication protocol; communicating the peripheral registration information to the host controller as part of the communication session to allow the host controller to recognize the peripheral; receiving data from as part of the communication session; and communicating, in a manner determined based on the configuration parameters, the data in a wireless signal using the wireless connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A device, comprising:
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a device interface operable to establish a communication session with a host controller according to a first communication protocol; a wireless interface operable to; receive a wireless signal from a wireless device coupled to a peripheral, the wireless signal comprising peripheral registration information for the peripheral formatted according to a second communication protocol; and a processor operable to; register the device with the host controller as part of the communication session; receive configuration parameters from the host controller in response to registration of the device; communicate the peripheral registration information to the host controller as part of the communication session in order to allow the host controller to recognize the peripheral; receive data from the host controller as part of the communication session; and communicates in a manner determined based on the configuration parameters, the data in a wireless signal using the wireless connection. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system, comprising:
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a slave adapter operable to; register the slave adapter with a first host controller coupled to the slave adapter through a physical connection; receive configuration parameters from the first host controller in response to the slave adapter registering with the first host controller; receive data from the first host controller having a format specified by a communication protocol; and communicate the data in a wireless signal in a manner determined based on the configuration parameters; and a master adapter, comprising; a wireless receiver operable to extract the data from the wireless signal; and a second host controller operable to establish a communication session with a peripheral according to the communication protocol and further operable to communicate the data to the peripheral. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A system, comprising:
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a master adapter, comprising; a host controller operable to establish a communication session according to a wireline communication protocol and further operable to receive data formatted according to the wireline communication protocol from the peripheral; and a wireless interface operable to communicate the data in a wireless signal; and a slave adapter, comprising; a wireless interface operable to receive the wireless signal from the master adapter and to extract the data from the wireless signal; a processor operable to; register the slave adapter with a computer through a device interface physically connected to the computer; receive configuration parameters from the computer in response to registering the slave adapter with the computer; and convert, in a manner determined based on the configuration parameters, the extracted data from a wireless communication protocol to the wireline communication protocol; and the device interface operable to communicate the converted data to the computer. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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