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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2001
Virgil Flores Tordera, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Satoru Yukie, San Diego, CA (US);
Virgil Flores Tordera, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Satoru Yukie, San Diego, CA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A communication interface device includes a wireless Internet packet (IP) transceiver and a flash memory card electrically connected to the transceiver. Also, a universal serial bus (USB) connector is plugged into a hub that holds the flash memory card, with a cord extending from the USB connector and terminating in another USB connector. Accordingly, the flash memory card of the device can be engaged with a slot of a user terminal or, if a user terminal has no slot, the USB connector is engaged with a USB receptacle of the user terminal, to establish wireless communication between the terminal and a base station of a wireless LAN/WAN.