Patent ID: 7424560

Claim:
A wireless system for operating a computer having a USB port comprising: a remote wireless Universal Serial Bus (USB) hub comprising at least one port for supporting at least one peripheral device, said USB hub having a circuit for receiving device information causing associated operations to be performed by the computer and a wireless transmitter connected to said circuit for transmitting a wireless signal including said device information, said circuit and said wireless transmitter being integral to said USB hub, said wireless transmitter being the sole means for communicating said device information from said at least one peripheral device through said USB hub, wherein said associated operations are not triggered by wireless telephony and said at least one peripheral device not having any direct USB communication with the computer, said at least one peripheral device being one of a keyboard, a mouse, and a joystick; and a dongle including an upstream USB port adapted to be connected to the computer, said dongle including a hub controller connected between said data reception circuit and said upstream USB port whereby when said upstream USB port is connected to the USB port of the computer and said at least one peripheral device generates said wireless signal to said controller through said wireless USB hub, said dongle converts said wireless signal to a USB data signal and passes said USB data signal to said upstream port for causing the associated operations to be performed by the computer.