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Peripheral device for communication over a communications system

  • US 8,421,839 B2
  • Filed: 08/12/2009
  • Issued: 04/16/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of communicating over a network using a first device and a peripheral device, the first device comprising a user interface and a network interface for connecting to the network, the peripheral device having a local connection to the first device, the local connection being independent of the network, the method comprising:

  • receiving data packets from the network at the network interface of the first device;

    forwarding the received data packets from the first device to the peripheral device via the local connection;

    executing a client engine of a communication client on a processor of the peripheral device to process the received data packets, wherein the communication client executing on the processor of the peripheral device is configured to control a user interface associated with the first device; and

    sending processed data packets from the peripheral device to the first device via the local connection such that data contained in the received data packets is conveyed to a user of the first device using the user interface of the first device.

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