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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2002
James L. Archibald, Schnecksville, PA (US);
David P. Sonnier, Austin, TX (US);
James L. Archibald, Schnecksville, PA (US);
David P. Sonnier, Austin, TX (US);
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A peripheral connectable to a processing device includes a housing and network interface circuitry at least partially enclosed within the housing, the network interface circuitry being utilizable by the processing device to establish a connection between the processing device and a network. The peripheral further includes peripheral circuitry disposed within the housing and adapted to perform at least a portion of at least one of an input function and an output function for the processing device in a manner unrelated to utilization of the network interface circuitry by the processing device. In an illustrative embodiment, the network interface circuitry comprises a wireless local area network (LAN) interface card, module or access point, the processing device comprises a computer, and the peripheral comprises a keyboard, monitor, speaker, docking station or other peripheral connectable to the computer.