Wireless local area network vehicular adapter
First Claim
1. A vehicular adapter system having wireless local area network (WLAN) capabilities, the adapter system comprising:
- an adapter configured to plug into a cigarette lighter socket of a vehicle, the adapter having a local area network (WLAN) module contained therein, a common I/O plug for connecting to a common I/O jack of a wireless communication device, and separate audio cables for connecting to separate audio jacks of the wireless communication device, the adaptor being configured to electrically couple the WLAN module to a wireless communication device through at least one of the group of the common I/O plug and the separate audio cables such that the module operable to audio communicate with other WLAN-enabled devices.
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Abstract
A vehicular adapter system is described having wireless local area network (WLAN) capabilities. The adapter system includes an adapter configured to plug into a cigarette lighter socket of a vehicle. The adapter has a WLAN module contained therein, and is configured to electrically couple the WLAN module to a wireless communication device. The WLAN module is operable to communicate with other WLAN-enabled devices in the vehicle, such as a head unit with another embedded WLAN module. The interoperability of the WLAN modules provide hands-free audio operation of a radiotelephone that is not WLAN-enabled using existing vehicular audio transducers.
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17 Claims
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1. A vehicular adapter system having wireless local area network (WLAN) capabilities, the adapter system comprising:
an adapter configured to plug into a cigarette lighter socket of a vehicle, the adapter having a local area network (WLAN) module contained therein, a common I/O plug for connecting to a common I/O jack of a wireless communication device, and separate audio cables for connecting to separate audio jacks of the wireless communication device, the adaptor being configured to electrically couple the WLAN module to a wireless communication device through at least one of the group of the common I/O plug and the separate audio cables such that the module operable to audio communicate with other WLAN-enabled devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A vehicular adapter system having wireless local area network (WLAN) capabilities, the adapter system comprising:
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an adapter configured to plug into a cigarette lighter socket of a vehicle, the adapter having a wireless local area network (WLAN) module contained therein, a common I/O plug for connecting to a common I/O jack of a wireless communication device, and separate audio cables for connecting to separate audio jacks of the wireless communication device, the adaptor being configured to electrically couple the WLAN module to a wireless communication device through at least one of thereupon of the common I/O plug and the separate audio cables such that the module operable to communicate with other WLAN-enabled devices; a second WLAN module embedded in a head unit of the vehicle, the second WLAN module operable to wirelessly communicate with the adapter WLAN module; and at least one audio transducer coupled to the head unit. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A vehicular adapter system having wireless local area network (WLAN) capabilities, the adapter system comprising:
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an adapter configured to plug into a cigarette lighter socket of a vehicle, the adapter having a wireless local area network (WLAN) module contained therein a common I/O plug for connecting to a common I/O jack of a wireless communication device, and separate audio cables for connecting to separate audio jacks of the wireless communication device, the adapter is operable to power both the WLAN module and the wireless communication device, the adaptor being configured to electrically couple the WLAN module to the wireless communication device through at least one of the group of the common I/O plug and the separate audio cables such that the module is operable to communicate audio signals from the wireless communication device to other WLAN-enabled devices; and a second WLAN module embedded in a head unit of the vehicle, the head unit coupled to at least one loudspeaker and a microphone, the second WLAN module operable to wirelessly communicate with the adapter WLAN module. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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