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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2009
Koen Deforche, Kessel-Lo, BE;
Wim Dumon, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, BE;
Juan Bernabeu, Brussels, BE;
Jan Vercruysse, Blanden, BE;
Koen Deforche, Kessel-Lo, BE;
Wim Dumon, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, BE;
Juan Bernabeu, Brussels, BE;
Jan Vercruysse, Blanden, BE;
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Method for connecting a host computer device to a wireless communication network, the host computer device being provided with an operating system with at least one pre-installed generic driver providing a generic communication protocol () for communication between the host computer device and a standard class of computer peripheral devices other than wireless modem devices, the method comprising the steps of: (a) connecting a wireless modem device to the host computer device; (b) setting up, by means of a pre-installed generic driver of the operating system on the computer device, a modem/host communication interface () for communication between the wireless modem device and the computer device; (c) connecting the host computer device to a wireless communication network via the wireless modem device; (d) routing data traffic (-) between the host computer device and the wireless communication network over the modem/host communication interface (). The generic communication protocol () is used in the modem/host communication interface () for transferring the data traffic (-) between the host computer device and the wireless modem device.