Patent ID: 7028114

Claim:
A wireless system for operating a computer having a USB port comprising: a remote wireless peripheral device having a circuit for generating device information causing associated operations to be performed by the computer and an RF transmitter connected to said circuit for transmitting a wireless signal including said device information, said circuit and said RF transmitter being integral to said peripheral device, said RF transmitter being the sole means for communicating said device information from said peripheral device, wherein said associated operations are not triggered by wireless telephony and said peripheral device not having any USB communication capability, said peripheral device being one of a keyboard, a mouse and a joystick; and a Universal Serial Bus (USB) hub including an upstream USB port adapted to be connected to the computer, and 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 peripheral device generates said wireless signal to said data reception circuit, said hub controller 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.