Patent ID: 6490439
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: H01Q,H04B

Abstract:
A device for sending and receiving signals to and from another device via a wireless connection and for providing information about said wireless connection to a user, said device comprising:a housing; a transceiver disposed within said housing, said transceiver adapted to send and receive wireless signals; an antenna having a base end and a distal end, said antenna coupled to said transceiver at said base end and extending from said housing, wherein at least a portion of said antenna is encased in light-transmitting material visible externally of said device; and a light source coupled to said light-transmitting material by a light-conducting material, wherein light from said light source is conducted to said light-transmitting material and made externally visible along said portion of said antenna encased in said light-transmitting material, wherein said light from said light source provides a visual indication of a wireless signal and wherein said visual indication is varied according to a characteristic of said wireless signal.