Patent ID: 7650470

Claim:
A method of transferring data within a system including a plurality of devices that includes a computing device, a data transfer apparatus, and one or more external devices, each of the computing device and the one or more external devices including wireless communication means, and the data transfer apparatus comprising a processor, a non-volatile memory, and wireless transceiver means, the method comprising: transmitting a first wireless signal from a first external device to the wireless transceiver means of the data transfer apparatus, the first wireless signal including first data for transmission to one of the plurality of devices, storing by the processor the first data in the non-volatile memory of the data transfer apparatus such that the first data is associated with the first external device, transmitting a second wireless signal from a second external device to the wireless transceiver means of the data transfer apparatus, the second wireless signal including second data for transmission to one of the plurality of devices; storing by the processor the second data in the non-volatile memory of the data transfer apparatus such that the second data is associated with the second external device; and wirelessly transmitting the first data to one of the plurality of devices by the wireless transceiver means of the data transfer apparatus.