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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:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Depeng Bi, Wheeling, IL (US);
S Christopher Gladwin, Chicago, IL (US);
James Y Wilson, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
709227 ; 709202 ; 709203 ; 709212 ; 709216 ; 709218 ; 709219 ; 709221 ; 709222 ; 345158 ; 345173 ; 345179 ; 4551512 ;
Abstract
A wireless interface device is adapted to be interfaced with a host computer. Prior to an interface being established, the wireless interface device broadcasts for available hosts, which, upon acknowledgement, appear in a dialog box on the display of the wireless interface device. The user is then able to select an available host from the dialog box.