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Method and system for providing an intelligent data concentrator communicatively coupled to a network by a wireless mode

US7324488B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 10, 2003
Grant dateJan 29, 2008
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W84/10
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention presents a method and system for providing an intelligent data concentrator communicatively coupled to a network by a wireless mode. Specifically, the present invention comprises a portable intelligent device, communicatively connected to a network by a wireless mode, which may, for example, be placed in the center of a conference table to facilitate a number of client devices connecting for simultaneous access to the network and, at the same time, allowing for ease in moving about the room. In one embodiment, the portable intelligent data concentrator is communicatively coupled by a wireless mode to an access point. In one embodiment, the intelligent data concentrator is battery powered. In one embodiment, the access point through which the intelligent data concentrator is connected to the network is another intelligent data concentrator. In another embodiment, the access point is a Bluetooth access point.

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