Patent ID: 8296122

Claim:
An external connection interface emulation apparatus for a mobile terminal of a wireless broadband (WiBro) communication system, the apparatus comprising: an external connection interface having at least one connection port for connection to a laptop computer; a WiBro modem for supporting communication through the WiBro communication system, with the WiBro modem including a miniport driver for supporting WiBro communication of the mobile terminal and a stream driver for supporting WiBro communication of the laptop computer through the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is connected to the laptop computer, wherein the stream driver relays data between the WiBro communication system and a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port; and a controller, which configures the WiBro modem for operating the mobile terminal as an external network adaptor of the laptop computer or the WiBro modem for supporting WiBro communication of the mobile terminal, according to an input signal, wherein the WiBro modem and the external connection interface logically connect the WiBro modem to the external connection interface regardless of physical matching between the WiBro modem and the external connection interface.