Patent ID: 7317896

Claim:
A mobile communication system for wireless communications, the system comprising: a power adapter configured to receive input power from a power source and to adapt the input power to an output power, the output power being within Universal Serial Bus (USB) standards; a USB cable coupled to the power adapter to transmit the output power from the power adapter, the USB cable including at least one USB connector; and a router configured to be coupled to the USB cable and configured to receive the output power transmitted by the USB cable to power components of the router such that the router can operate using the output power transmitted by the USB cable, the router including at least one antenna and being configured to directly communicate wirelessly through the at least one antenna with a wireless-enabled communication device, the router including communication components only for wireless communications with personal-use computing devices through the at least one antenna, the router being configured to communicate with PCMCIA cards through the at least one antenna; wherein the router is configured to provide a direct wireless network connection to a plurality of the wireless-enabled communication devices.