Patent ID: 8023998

Claim:
A removable module for coupling to a digital host and a wireless network, the coupling to the host being via an expansion port of the host, the wireless network having at least one remote wireless device, the module comprising: a host-to-module interconnect enabled to removably couple with the host; a host-to-module interface controller coupled to the host-to-module interconnect; wireless transceiver circuitry to couple with the wireless network; media scaling circuitry; a memory controller; an embedded non-volatile memory coupled to the memory controller; a control sub-system coupled to the host-to-module interface controller, the wireless transceiver circuitry, and the memory controller, the control sub-system at least in part managing data transfers between the embedded non-volatile memory and the wireless network without requiring any action by the host; and wherein the host-to-module interface controller, the wireless transceiver circuitry, the memory controller, the embedded non-volatile memory, and the control sub-system are enabled to operate completely inside the host.