Patent ID: 7904028
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. A device peripheral comprising: a controller having a plurality of converters for selectively performing an encoding and a decoding process, the controller for identifying one of the plurality of converters for use during data communication; a transceiver controllable by the controller for performing a signaling operation, the signaling operation being one of receiving reception signals, transmitting transmission signals and simultaneously receiving the reception signals and transmitting the transmission signals; and a data interface couplable to a device, the data interface configured for establishing communication between the controller and the device, wherein first media data provided by the device to the controller is converted by the identified one of the plurality of converters into transmission data for transmission by the transceiver as the transmission signals, and reception data received by the transceiver as the reception signals is converted by the identified one of the same said plurality of converters for into second media data for provision to the device.