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`107870.00009
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`Date of Deposit: February 1, 2001.
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`lnventor(s):
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`Lisa A Fillebrown, Russell D. Kautz, and Kenneth M. Glover
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`WIRELESS TABLET FOR A PERSONAL WIRELESS NETWORK
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`WIRELESS TABLET FOR A PERSONAL WIRELESS NETWORK
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`CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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`The present invention is related to and claims priority from U.S. Patent
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`application serial number 60/212203 entitled PERSONAL WIRELESS
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`NETWORK by Fillebrown, et al., which was filed on June 16, 2000.
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`Generally, the invention relates to computer networks and wireless
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`devices, and, more particularly, the invention relates to wireless computer
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`networks. More specifically still, the invention relates to wirelessly providing,
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`through thin clients, access to software applications executing on a server.
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`STATEMENT OF A PROBLEM ADDRESSED BY THIS INVENTION
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`As the need for computer power has proliferated, many homes and
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`businesses have implemented networks of computers. Computer networks
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`facilitate access to widely needed data, and provide common access to computer
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`In addition, computer networks provide the added advantage of
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`reducing the licensing fees associated with purchasing multiple copies of
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`Examples of computer networks include Local Area Networks (LANs)
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`and Wide Area Networks (W ANs). A LANs provides common client access to at
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`least one computer server, and typically encompasses a single facility. Similarly,
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`a WAN provides common computing access to clients by connecting multiple
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`networks (including LANs). A WAN is commonly used to connect multiple
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`facilities that are geographically diverse.
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`Generally, a LAN provides network access through at least one server
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`which is hardwire connected through twisted pair or coaxial cables used to
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`connect serial or parallel ports. Common types of LANs are implemented via
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`Ethernet or token-ring standards, and these standards are implemented through
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`may be implemented as copper wires or fiberoptic cables. Unfortunately, LANs
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`and W ANs are limited in that hardwire port-connections are required to connect a
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`client (typically, a computer) with servers or to provide access to other networks.
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`Accordingly, the use of network components, such as client and server
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`computers as well as network-enabled communications equipment, has posed a
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`challenge because each network component has to be able to communicate across
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`the network. This requires, at a minimum, that each network component have the
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`correct cable type and cable connection, the correct PC card type, and the correct
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`software to perform even the simplest tasks. Then, the network component
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`software must be integrated and optimized with the network software.
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`Fortunately, simple wireless options for connecting devices and networks together
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`are emerging.
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`One wireless option is to use infrared communication technology.
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`Network devices that use infrared communications as a means for transmitting
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`data have enabled the cost effective integration of infrared components into an
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`array of devices. For example, some keyboards use infrared technology to enable
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`a keyboard to communicate wirelessly with a computer. This allows a user more
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`telephones can use infrared ports to transfer data to or from another similar
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`telephones have infrared ports, and infrared technology is being touted as an easy
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`way to provide short range wireless connections between devices. However,
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`there are some drawbacks in using infrared communications.
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`To overcome these and other disadvantages associated with available
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`wireless data communications, many corporate leaders came together to develop a
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`short range wireless solution called Bluetooth. Bluetooth is implemented as a
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`standardized protocol for short-range data communication using unlicensed radio
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`frequencies. Today, thousands of companies are designing products that will
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`Bluetooth technology operates in a 2.4 GHz Industrial Scientific and
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`operate.
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`Another wireless LAN standard that is gaining popularity is the ffiEE
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`of the 802.11 standards are referred to collectively as "802.11" unless explicitly
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`stated otherwise). In 802.11, there are two different ways to configure a network:
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`ad-hoc and infrastructure.
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`In the ad-hoc configuration, computers are brought
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`together to form a network "on the fly."
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`In the ad-hoc configuration of a wireless network, there is no structure to
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`the wireless network, there are no fixed points, and usually every device in the
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`network is able to communicate with every other device. As an example,
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`consider a meeting where employees bring 'laptop computers together to share
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`information. Although it seems that order would be difficult to maintain in this
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`have been designed to "elect" one laptop (or other available device) as a base
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`station (or "master") of the network-- the other laptops and local devices are then
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`designated as slaves. Other algorithms in ad-hoc network architectures use a
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`broadcast and flooding method establish who's who in the network.
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`fu contract to the ad-hoc configuration, the itifrastructure LAN network
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`configuration uses fixed network access points with which mobile devices, such
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`as laptops, can communicate. This configuration is similar to a cellular network.
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`Network access points are sometime connected to landlines to widen the LAN•s
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`capability by bridging wireless nodes to other wired nodes. As in cellular
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`networks, if service areas overlap, handoffs can occur.
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`Despite the availability of wireless LAN protocols, there exist needs for
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`networks and for network components that allow a user to wirelessly access
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`software applications executing on a server, or to access data needed by multiple
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`clients within a network. Furthermore, it would be advantageous to provide
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`network access through an inexpensive thin client.
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`SELECTED OVERVIEW OF SELECTED EMBODIMENTS
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`The present invention achieves technical advantages as systems, devices,
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`methods, and software that implement a personal wireless network. The personal
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`such as a server (or network-dedicated device), and processes wireless protocols
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`scaleable, and flexible.
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`In one embodiment the invention is a wireless client. The wireless client
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`the wireless tablet may send and receive data, voice and video via wireless
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`receiving a video packet via a wireless protocol, and changing at least one pixel.
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`In addition, the wireless client may receive audio and video via UHF or VHF
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`frequencies. Of course, other embodiments will be apparent to those of ordinary
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`To practice the invention, software embodiments of a method may be
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`Furthermore, the invention may be embodied on a software medium, such as a
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`Various aspects of the invention, as well as an embodiment, are better
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`Figure 1 illustrates a typical personal wireless network;
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`Figure 2 is a block diagram of one implementation of a wireless tablet;
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`Figure 5 illustrates the functionality of the router as a routing algorithm;
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`Figure 6A illustrates a video display system for use in a personal wireless
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`Figure 8 illustrates one embodiment of a personal wireless network
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`Figure 8B provides the process diagrams of a wireless server algorithm;
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`AN EXEMPLARY EMBODilVIENT OF A BEST MODE
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`A personal wireless network is provided that is inexpensive, scaleable, and
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`flexible. The invention is a wireless client. The wireless client preferably
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`displays received video, plays received audio, transmits audio, and transmits
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`video according to user inputs. The wireless client includes an amplifier, a
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`communication software stored in memory,
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`processor. The wireless client sends and receives data, voice and video via
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`wireless protocols. The wireless client's display may be manipulated by receiving
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`a packet via a wireless protocol, and changing the display in response to the
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`When reading this section (An Exemplary Embodiment of a Best Mode,
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`hereinafter "exemplary embodiment"), one should keep in mind several points.
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`best mode for practicing the invention at the time this patent was filed. Thus,
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`embodiment that substantially equivalent structures or substantially equivalent
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`acts may be used to achieve the same results in exactly the same way, or to
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`achieve the same results in a not dissimilar way, the following exemplary
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`for example). Software may include executable code, an operating system, or
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`source or object code, for example. In addition, software encompasses any set of
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`instructions capable of being executed in a client machine or server-and, in this
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`Software also includes description code. Description code specifies
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`Hybrids (combinations of software and hardware) are becoming more
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`common as devices for providing enhanced functionality and performance to
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`computer systems. A hybrid is created when traditionally software functions are
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`represented directly in silicon. Typically, the hybrid (manufactured hardware)
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`functions are designed to operate seamlessly with software. Accordingly, it
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`should be understood that hybrids and other combinations of hardware and
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`software are also included within the definition of a computer system and are thus
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`envisioned by the invention as possible equivalent structures and equivalent
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`methods.
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`Computer sub-systems are combinations of hardware or software (or
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`hybrids) that perform some specific task. For example, one computer sub-system
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`hardware devices for enabling sounds to be produced and recorded by a computer
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`system. Likewise, a soundcard may also include software needed to enable a
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`computer system to "see" the soundcard, recognize the soundcard, and drive the
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`Sometimes the methods of the invention may be practiced by placing the
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`invention on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable mediums include
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`passive data storage, such as a random access memory (RAM) as well as semi-
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`addition, the invention may be embodied in the RAM of a computer and
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`effectively transform a standard computer into a new specific computing machine.
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`Data structures are defmed organizations of data and enable an
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`embodiment of the invention. For example, a data structure may provide an
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`organization of data, or an organization of executable code (executable software).
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`Furthermore, data signals are carried across transmission mediums and store and
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`transport various data structures, and, thus, may be used to transport the invention.
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`It should be noted in the following discussion that acts with like names are
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`performed in like manners, unless otherwise stated.
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`Figure 1 illustrates a typical personal wireless network 100. Generally, in
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`the personal wireless network 100, a plurality of wireless clients, such as wireless
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`tablets and wireless smart appliances communicate via a wireless routing means,
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`such as a wireless router 120, with a wireless server 140, sometimes through a
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`wireless transceiving means 130. Communication standards in the personal
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`wireless network 100 are preferably broadcastable wireless protocols, such as
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`Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11, Home RF, or other wireless protocols.
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`For the personal wireless network 100, preferably a wireless protocol
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`implemented at 2.4 GHz
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`packets").Hereinafter, the term "packet" will be used to refer to all types of
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`packetized information. Furthermore, hereinafter, a type-specific packet (such as a
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`data-only packet) will be capitalized, such as with "Data packet" to emphasize
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`that the packet is of a specific type.
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`Accordingly, a wireless protocol used to implement the present invention
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`will preferably implement the wireless protocol through packeting. However, it
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`should be understood that non-packetized infonnation might be transmitted across
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`a wireless network. For example, common UHF channels may be used to
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`transmit video and audio information within a wireless network. Furthennore, as
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`advances in wireless communication takes place, additional protocols and
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`variations of existing protocols may be used
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`communications within a personal wireless network.
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`Wireless client means include devices that a user may use to access a
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`function provided by a personal wireless network 100. For example, a user may
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`choose to use a wireless client, such as a wireless tablet 110, to access a software
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`application that is provided by the wireless server 140.
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`Likewise, a user using the wireless tablet 110 may also communicate
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`directly with another user using a wireless tablet 112, or another user using a
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`wireless tablet 114. The communications between the wireless tablets 110, 112,
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`and 114, may include both audio and visual communication. Similarly, a user
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`using the wireless tablet 110 may access wireless smart appliance specific
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`applications associated with specific wireless smart appliances.
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`A wireless smart appliance is an appliance or device that has a wireless
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`network compatible processing system. Common appliances implemented as
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`wireless smart appliances include radios, televisions, cable boxes, lights, alarms,
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`ovens, washers, dryers, water faucets, heating oil pumps, and thermostats, for
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`movie video being rented, or viewed within the personal wireless network 100 via
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`the wireless server 140. Similarly, a user with a wireless tablet 110 may control a
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`second wireless smart appliance, such as a radio 118, so that music may be heard
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`tablet 110.
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`illustrated as specific embodiments of a wireless client, it should be understood
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`that many other wireless client means may be utilized, and it should be
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`understood that a wireless client means is any device capable of wirelessly
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`communicating within a personal wireless network and also capable of user
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`interaction with other devices within the personal wireless network.
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`Information transmitted across the personal wireless network 100 through
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`wireless communication protocols is achieved preferably through a wireless
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`transceiving means,
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`embodiment, the wireless transmitter 130 is connected via a cable 132 with the
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`wireless server 140. The cable 132 can be provided as a Universal Synchronous
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`Bus (USB) cable, a parallel cable, or a Split-Bridge cable, for example.
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`illustrated as connected via a cable to the wireless server, it should be understood
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`that any other means of connection between the wireless transmitter and the
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`wireless server may be utilized, and it should be understood that a wireless
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`transmitter means is any device capable of passing information between a
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`wireless transmitter and a wireless server.
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`info~ation flow from the wireless server 140 to a wireless client), the wireless
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`transmitter 130 preferably receives a Video packet and/or Data packet. The
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`wireless transmitter 130 is also capable of transmitting packets in the personal
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`wireless network 1 00 so that a packet may be received by a wireless client means
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