Intelligent computer cabling
First Claim
1. An apparatus for data transfer between two electronic data processing (EDP) devices, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) a cable housing;
(b) a cable extending from two points of said cable housing;
(c) a solid state board inside said cable housing, wherein the solid state board is wired to said cable;
(d) a processor and memory chip mounted on said solid state board;
(e) a first EDP interface at the first end of said cable; and
(f) a second EDP interface at the second end of said cable;
wherein, upon insertion of the first EDP interface into the first EDP device and insertion of the second EDP interface into the second EDP device, the apparatus automatically loads and executes drivers and additional software code stored in said memory chip onto said EDP devices, wherein said drivers and software code facilitates the direct transfer of data from one EDP device to the other EDP device; and
wherein the apparatus automatically transfers a file folder to a pre-existing file structure on each EDP device and displays said file folder in user interfaces on the EDP devices.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a data transfer system apparatus that automatically loads the necessary drivers and code through two interface elements to facilitate the transfer of electronic data from one EDP to another. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention the apparatus consists of a cable, USB interface plug, floppy drive transfer device (diskette), processor, controller, memory, circuitry components and software code. The electronic components and software applications are contained in the cable housing unit. Each interface element is attached at one end of the cable so they can be inserted into the respective EDP interfaces. Insertion of the apparatus into the EDP interfaces automatically triggers the execution of the embedded software for auto loading of the necessary code to control the transfer of the data directly from one EDP to the other. The system emulates the apparatus as a peripheral device attached to the EDP through its USB port interface coupled to the other EDP using its FDD to transfer the data, using the data storage capacity of the receiving EDP as the serial bus end-point.
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15 Claims
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1. An apparatus for data transfer between two electronic data processing (EDP) devices, the apparatus comprising:
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(a) a cable housing; (b) a cable extending from two points of said cable housing; (c) a solid state board inside said cable housing, wherein the solid state board is wired to said cable; (d) a processor and memory chip mounted on said solid state board; (e) a first EDP interface at the first end of said cable; and (f) a second EDP interface at the second end of said cable; wherein, upon insertion of the first EDP interface into the first EDP device and insertion of the second EDP interface into the second EDP device, the apparatus automatically loads and executes drivers and additional software code stored in said memory chip onto said EDP devices, wherein said drivers and software code facilitates the direct transfer of data from one EDP device to the other EDP device; and wherein the apparatus automatically transfers a file folder to a pre-existing file structure on each EDP device and displays said file folder in user interfaces on the EDP devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for transferring data between two electronic data processing (EDP) devices, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) inserting a first EDP interface into the first ETDP device and inserting a second EDP interface into the second EDP, wherein the first and second EDP interfaces are connected by a cable that extends from two points of a cable housing, wherein said cable housing contains a solid state board wired to said cable, and wherein a processor and memory chip are mounted on said solid state board; (b) automatically loading and executing drivers and additional software code stored in said memory chip onto said first and second EDP devices upon insertion of the first EDP interface into the first EDP device and insertion of the second EDP interface into the second EDP device, wherein said drivers and software code facilitates the direct transfer of data from one EDP device to the other EDP device; and (c) automatically transferring a file folder to a pre-existing file structure on each EDP device and displaying said file folder in user interfaces on the EDP devices. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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