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Wireless interface system for allowing a plurality of input devices to control a processor

US6359610B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 28, 1998
Grant dateMar 19, 2002
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Expiry dateApr 28, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0227
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless interface system comprising a set of input ports for keyboard, pointing device, and joystick signals, a data encoding circuit, a transmission unit, a receiving unit, a data decoding circuit, a keyboard data multiplexer unit, a pointing device data multiplexer unit, a joystick signal multiplexer unit, and a set of output interfaces for connecting to the corresponding computer ports. This system allows for the user to have a keyboard, pointing device, and joystick remotely located from the computer, and each input device shares a single wireless communication link to send its data to the computer.

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