Patent ID: 7412542
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: G07F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A bridge for connecting a gaming console to a wireless network wherein the gaming console is incapable of displaying a web page that includes hypertext markup language code, the bridge comprising: (a) a memory in which are stored authentication data, machine instructions, and a medium access control address, said authentication data being included to enable the bridge to be recognized as compatible for configuration through a gaming console, the authentication data comprising a key that is not publicly known; (b) a port adapted to couple the bridge to the gaming console through a wire connector; (c) a radio that includes a wireless receiver and a wireless transmitter that are coupled to an antenna system; (d) a processor coupled to the memory, the port, and the radio, said processor executing the machine instructions to carryout a plurality of functions to connect the gaming console to a wireless network, wherein the gaming console is incapable of configuring the bridge through an interface that requires the display of a web page that includes hypertext markup language code, the functions including: (vi) communicating data between the gaming console and the wireless network.