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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:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2002
Applicants:
Francis M. Anton, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Ranganatha Marathe, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Francis M. Anton, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Ranganatha Marathe, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
HereUare Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a system which provides virtual Ethernet and virtual Wireless Ethernet (e.g. 802.11b) interfaces for client using a single host device. Providing virtual Ethernet interfaces for a client requires one physical Ethernet card/interface. Providing virtual Wireless Ethernet interfaces for a client requires two physical wireless Ethernet cards/interfaces. Applications can use these virtual interfaces as if they are real interfaces using socket interfaces.