Patent ID: 6650549
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: H01R,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A hub having a bluetooth system comprising:a housing; a first circuit board in the housing; a hub module on the first circuit board; an upstream port on the housing, the upstream port having one end coupled to the hub module and the other end connectable by a first cable to a first electronic device having the same hub module; a plurality of downstream ports on the housing, each of the downstream ports having one end coupled to the hub module and the other end connectable by a second cable to a peripheral having a corresponding hub module so that the first electronic device and the peripheral are capable of communicating signals by means of the upstream port, the hub module, the downstream ports, and said first and second cables; and a bluetooth system module on the first circuit board, the bluetooth system module being coupled to the hub module for performing a wireless signal communication with a corresponding second bluetooth module in at least one second electronic device situated within a predetermined range of the hub, thereby communicating signals between the first electronic device and the second electronic device by means of the first cable, the upstream port, the hub module, and the bluetooth system module coupled to the hub module for performing a wireless signal communication with the second bluetooth module in the second electronic device.