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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2004
Philip F. Kearney, Iii, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Dale Newberry, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Robbin, Los Altos, CA (US);
David Heller, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher R. Wysocki, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Stephen Anderson Davis, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Philip F. Kearney, III, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Dale Newberry, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Robbin, Los Altos, CA (US);
David Heller, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher R. Wysocki, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Stephen Anderson Davis, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a networked media station providing a variety of features including a wireless network interface, a wired network interface, a peripheral interface, and a multimedia interface. The wireless network interface(s) allows the device to communicate to serve as a wireless base station or repeater and/or a bridge between a wireless and a wired network. The peripheral interface allows the device to communicate with a variety of peripherals, and, in conjunction with the network interface(s), allows sharing of a peripheral among multiple networked computers. The multimedia interface allows the device to be used with entertainment devices for streaming of multimedia information from a network connected computer to the entertainment device. Control of various aspects of the device is preferably controlled from a network connected computer.