| US 7,502,409 B2 | ||
| Mobile broadband modem and related access sharing technique | ||
| Diego Kaplan, San Diego, Calif. (US); Thomas J. Vaccaro, Encinitas, Calif. (US); Bryan Ireland, San Diego, Calif. (US); Joseph Zeff, Cambridge, Mass. (US); and Christopher Maddox, Oceanside, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Kyocera Wireless Corp., San Diego, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 03, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/51,271. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/601516, filed on Aug. 13, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0034311 A1, Feb. 16, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04B 1/38 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 375—222 | 25 Claims |
| 1. A modem configured to operate cooperatively with a detachable transceiver for enabling network communication with a cellular
network for a plurality of data processing devices, comprising:
a processor;
an input/output (“I/O”) interface coupled to the processor, the I/O interface capable of being communicably coupled to the
plurality of data processing devices;
a first transceiver interface configured to facilitate data communication between the processor and the detachable transceiver;
a network sharing module executed by the processor, the network sharing module configured to:
establish the network communication with the cellular network via the detachable transceiver, and
allow each of the plurality of data processing devices to establish the network communication with the cellular network via
at least the I/O interface, the network sharing module, and the detachable transceiver, wherein the plurality of data devices
includes at least two data processing devices.
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