Set up logic for dual interface wireless IP communication device

• US 7,756,547 B2
• Filed: 08/02/2004
• Issued: 07/13/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Corporation Of America (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Corporation Of America (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Tordera, Virgil Flores
• Primary Examiner(s): SOBUTKA, PHILIP
• Application Number:
  US10/909,580
• Publication Number:
  US 20050002367A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,171 Days
• Field of Search: 455/557, 455/558, 455418-420, 719/319, 719321-327
• US Class Current: 455/557
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4415 Self describing peripheral devices

Abstract

A communication interface device includes a wireless Internet packet (IP) transceiver and a PCMCIA card electrically connected to the transceiver. Also, a universal serial bus (USB) connector is plugged into a hub that holds the PCMCIA card, with a cord extending from the USB connector and terminating in another USB connector. Accordingly, the device can be engaged with the PCMCIA bay of a user terminal or, if a user terminal has no PCMCIA bay, with a USB receptacle of the user terminal, to establish wireless communication. To simplify set-up, a CD containing all operating system versions of PCMCIA and USB drivers is engaged with the user terminal. The terminal'"'"'s operating system is then automatically determined, and only the drivers associated with that operating system are loaded onto the terminal.

Claims

1. A user terminal for providing wireless IP communication using an interface device having at least first and second communication interfaces, comprising:

at least one operating system; and

a computer program determining a type of the operating system without receiving any user input indicating the type and in response automatically loading at least first and second device drivers associated with the first and second communication interfaces without any user input regarding driver types, the program determining which interface is engaged with the terminal and in response selecting which of the drivers to invoke.

2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the program automatically establishes a device directory using the operating system prior to loading the drivers.

3. The terminal of claim 2, wherein the program provides a user set-up prompt to the user.