Patent ID: 7552245
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A communication card with three operational states, comprising: a controller; a flash storage unit, coupled with said controller, for storing data used by said controller; a wireless modem, coupled with said controller, for transmitting and receiving data over a wireless network in response to instructions received from said controller; a battery, coupled with said controller, with said flash storage unit and with said wireless modem, for supplying power to said controller, to said flash storage unit, and to said wireless modem; and a connector, coupled with said controller, for connecting the communication card to a shell host and to a device host; wherein the communication card (i) operates in a standalone mode when said connector is not connected to a host, (ii) functions as a master when said connector is connected to the shell host, providing display information to the shell host in the form of screen shots, and (iii) functions as a slave when said connector is connected to the device host, enabling the device host to operate the communication card.