Patent ID: 8856633

Claim:
An apparatus for communicating, comprising: at least one wired interface configured to provide a wired link coupling the apparatus to a first device via a first protocol; at least one wired transceiver configured to function as a terminus of the wired link, wherein the terminus function comprises receiving data from the first device; a memory configured to store the data received from the first device; and a wireless transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the received data to a second device via a second protocol, wherein the terminus function further comprises transmitting a response to the first device in response to the data reception using the first protocol, wherein the response comprises a signal configured to interrupt a rate of transmission from the first device if there is insufficient space in the memory to store the received data, and wherein the first protocol and the second protocol are configured to allow the first device and the second device, respectively, to communicate without requiring the first device to understand the second protocol and the second device to understand the first protocol.