Patent ID: 7013162
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless data communication interface comprising: a) a first electronics circuit, for communicating data by way of a first wireless data communication path; b) a second electronics circuit, for communicating data by way of a second wireless data communication path, the second wireless data communication path providing wider coverage and a slower communication rate than the first wireless data communication path; c) a detector, for determining if a selected one of the first wireless data communication path or the second wireless data communication path is not an available wireless data communication path, and for determining that the other one of the first wireless data communication path or the second wireless data communication path is an available wireless data communication path; d) a switch, for connecting the available wireless data communication path to the data communication interface; and e) a controller, for controlling the available wireless data communication path to appear as though bandwidth is continuously available to a data communication session, irrespective of the need to transport data, and such that, in the absence of said need to transport data, the bandwidth is made available for wireless data communication by another apparatus.