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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1999
Filed:
May. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel I Croft, Monmouth, OR (US);
Gregory J May, Corvallis, OR (US);
Randy W Hergett, Philomath, PA (US);
Charles S Stephens, Corvalis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395821 ; 395892 ; 395882 ; 395500 ; 395281 ; 370521 ; 359152 ;
Abstract
A docking station for a portable computer includes a wireless transceiver for wireless communication with the portable computer. The docking station also includes a plurality of ports. Each port includes a physical connector for connection to, for example, one or more peripheral devices, a network or a monitor. A translation manager within the docking station manages translation of information transferred between the wireless transceiver and the plurality of ports.