Patent ID: 7995922

Claim:
A hand held electronic device having a first part and a second part joined by a hinge, the hinge defining a length from side to side of the hand held device, the hand held device comprising an optical transmission apparatus configured for carrying data, the apparatus comprising: more than one light source of different wavelengths, wherein each wavelength carries a data stream of one bit, wherein the data streams of one bit are configured in parallel into bytes, wherein each byte comprises two or more bits, and wherein different ports, that are independent, wherein independent includes that the bytes from the different ports may be asynchronous or synchronous, send bytes in parallel with each other; an optical cable with at least one optical fiber arranged to carry the different wavelengths; an optical interface for directing the different wavelengths onto the optical cable; an optical receiver for receiving the different wavelengths from the optical cable and distinguishing the different wavelengths from each other, mirrors arranged to intercept each wavelength and direct them to an end of and then into the optical cable, transmitting/reflecting mirrors at the distal end of the optical cable arranged to receive the wavelengths emitting from the optical cable, filters arranged to receive the wavelengths from the mirrors and distinguish the different wavelengths, and electronic devices that receive the distinguished wavelengths and convert the wavelengths to corresponding electronic signals.