Patent ID: 6359610
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A wireless interface system comprising:a plurality of input ports for coupling data from a plurality of input devices; an encoder means for encoding said data from said input ports; a transmitter means for transmitting a set of signals corresponding to the result of said encoding means; a receiver means for receiving said set of signals from said transmitting means; a decoder means for decoding data from said receiving means; a multiplexer means for multiplexing the plurality of input devices with at least one local input device; a plurality of output interfaces for coupling the output of said decoder means to a plurality of computer input ports, each of said output interfaces corresponding to a computer input port of like type, wherein said plurality of input devices share a single wireless communication link to provide said data to said computer input ports wherein the multiplexer means is coupled with at least one output interface of the decoder means; and wherein at least one output interface of the plurality of output interfaces couples the output of the decoder means to at least one computer input port of the plurality of computer input ports when the multiplexer means selects the decoder means for output and wherein the at least one output interface couples the at least one local input device with the at least one computer input port when the multiplexer means selects the local input device for output.