USB communication transceiver using optical link
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1. An optical transceiver, the transceiver comprising:
- means enabling an associated electronic device to transmit and receive data signals in a USB two channel format, anda pair of transmitter means to directly modulate the received USB two channel-format signals onto respective optical carriers, and a pair of receivers to extract USB two channel-format modulated signals from respective optical carriers.
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Abstract
An optical version of USB is provided to enable PDAs and digital cameras to download data and media files to remote network servers. The PDA is plugged into an optical transceiver that communicates with a complementary transceiver located in a network terminal (for example a payphone) that is in communication with the network server.
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32 Claims
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1. An optical transceiver, the transceiver comprising:
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means enabling an associated electronic device to transmit and receive data signals in a USB two channel format, and a pair of transmitter means to directly modulate the received USB two channel-format signals onto respective optical carriers, and a pair of receivers to extract USB two channel-format modulated signals from respective optical carriers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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14. An optical transceiver, the receiver comprising:
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means enabling an associated electronic device to transmit and receive data signals in a USB two channel format, and means to directly modulate the received USB-format signals onto a pair of optical carriers, and to extract USB two channel-format modulated signals from a pair of optical carriers, said transceiver being arranged for time division duplex operation with a co-operating transceiver; detection means for detecting a control signal from a co-operating transceiver, and means for putting the transceiver into transmit mode in response to the control signal.
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15. An optical transceiver, the transceiver comprising:
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means enabling an associated electronic device to transmit and receive data signals in a USB two channel format, and means to directly modulate the received USB-format signals onto an optical carrier, and to extract USB-format modulated signals from an optical carrier; transmission means for transmitting an alert signal to a cooperating transceiver; wherein the transmission means comprises a pulsed light emitting diode; three pairs of optical transmitters and sensors, wherein two of the pairs are used for duplex operation in the two-channel USB format, and the third pair is used for exchange of the alert and control signals.
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20. A method for coupling a USB port of a first electronic device to a USB channel of a second electronic device via an optical communications link, said method comprising:
enabling an electronic device to each transmit and receive data signals in a USB two channel format by (a) modulating USB two channel-format signals onto a pair of optical carriers and (b) by extracting USB two channel-format modulated signals from a pair of optical carriers. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for coupling a USB port of a first electronic device to a USB channel of a second electronic device via an optical communications link, said method comprising:
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enabling an electronic device to each transmit and receive data signals in a USB two channel format by (a) modulating USB-format signals onto an optical carrier and (b) by extracting USB-format modulated signals from an optical carrier; using three pairs of optical transmitters and sensors, wherein two of the pairs are used for duplex operation in the two-channel USB format, and the third pair is used for exchange of alert and control signals.
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