Patent ID: 8125965
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A multi-mode combination broadband wireless card and router system, comprising: a broadband wireless card capable of providing a wireless carrier configuration interface display; a wireless router capable of providing a wireless router configuration interface display coupled to the broadband wireless card for routing network communications between a wide area network and a local area network (LAN) including a plurality of non-server PCs, the wireless router including a plurality of ports for coupling the plurality of non-server PCs to the wireless router, the plurality of ports including at least one of a universal serial bus (USB) port, a wired LAN port, or a wireless LAN port; at least one of the broadband wireless card and the wireless router including a processor and a module executed by the processor, the module configured to automatically and selectively provide to each user of each of the plurality of non-server PCs, either the wireless router configuration interface display or the wireless carrier configuration interface display, based upon a type of port coupling a PC of the plurality of non-server PC to the wireless router, the module configured to: