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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:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl M Panasik, Garland, TX (US);
Periagaram K Rajasekaran, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
710102 ; 709250 ;
Abstract
A network/portable computer (18) includes a modular bay (20) which can receive either a hard drive (22) or a data transceiver (24) for establishing a wireless network connection. When the network/portable computer (18) is in the local area covered by the network (10), the data transceiver (24) is installed to use the network (10) for storage and retrieval of data. When used in a remote area, where a network connection cannot be established, the hard drive (22) is installed in the modular bay (20) to provide a full featured computer.