Patent ID: 6963783

Claim:
A computer system comprising: one or more host computers each having a processor, a storage device for running and storing programs, at least one of said host computers including a radio interface and means for wirelessly connecting to one or more wireless interface devices in response to a manual selection by said wireless interface device; one or more wireless interface devices, each wireless interface device including a microphone for receiving audio input data and an audio processing system for sampling and compressing said audio input data at one of predetermined time periods and whenever the amplitude of the audio input data drops below a predetermined value defining sampled audio data in a buffer, and compressing said sampled audio data defining compressed audio data and means for transmitting said compressed audio data to one of said one or more host computers by way of a radio link, said wireless interface device including a digitizer responsive to a passive styles and including means for monitoring pen down events of said passive stylus in a mouse mode and emulating the movement of a mouse and the clicking of a mouse button, means for translating pen events into mouse data packets in a mouse mode and means for translating pen events into pen data packets in a pen mode said wireless interface device including means for switching between a pen mode, and a mouse mode.