Granted Patent B2

US 7,356,629 · App. 10/360,524 · Granted Apr 8, 2008

Abstract

Claims (66)

1. A method performed by a wireless terminal for conveying data between computing devices, the method comprising:

initiating a wireless network session;

receiving a wireless network message containing peripheral device registration information;

generating a computer interface message containing the device registration information;

receiving a computer interface message containing data for a peripheral device associated with the device registration information; and

generating a wireless network message to convey the data to a peripheral device associated with the device registration information.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

initiating a computer interface session; and

receiving a computer interface message containing a peripheral device registration request.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein peripheral device registration information comprises an identifier for a peripheral device.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a wireless network message containing instructions that allow the wireless terminal to mimic at least some of the operations of a peripheral device associated with the device registration information.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless network messages comprise code-division multiple access messages.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computer interface messages comprise Universal Serial Bus messages.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a computer interface message requesting a peripheral device driver associated with the device registration information;

generating a wireless network message requesting an associated peripheral device driver;

receiving a wireless network message containing an associated peripheral device driver; and

generating a computer interface message containing the received peripheral device driver.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a wireless network message containing registration information for a plurality of peripheral devices; and

generating a computer interface message containing the device registration information.

9. A system for conveying data between computing devices, the system comprising:

a wireless terminal operable to:

initiate a wireless network session,

receive a wireless network message containing peripheral device registration information,

generate a computer interface message containing the device registration information,

receive a computer interface message containing data for a peripheral device associated with the device registration information, and

generate a wireless network message to convey the data to a peripheral device associated with the device registration information.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the wireless terminal is further operable to receive a wireless network message containing instructions that allow the wireless terminal to mimic at least some of the operations of a peripheral device associated with the device registration information.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the wireless terminal is further operable to:

receive a computer interface message requesting a peripheral device driver associated with the device registration information;

generate a wireless network message requesting an associated peripheral device driver;

receive a wireless network message containing an associated peripheral device driver; and

generate a computer interface message containing the received peripheral device driver.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the wireless terminal is further operable to:

receive a wireless network message containing registration information for a plurality of peripheral devices; and

generate a computer interface message containing the device registration information.

13. A system for conveying data between computing devices, the system comprising:

a wireless terminal operable to:

initiate a wireless network session,

receive a wireless network message containing peripheral device registration information, the information comprising a Plug-aid-Play identifier,

receive a wireless network message containing instructions that allow the wireless terminal to mimic at least some of the operations of a peripheral device associated with the device registration information,

initiate a Universal Serial Bus computer interface session,

receive a computer interface message containing a peripheral device registration request,

generate a computer interface message containing the device registration information,

receive a computer interface message requesting a peripheral device driver associated with the device registration information,

generate a wireless network message requesting an associated peripheral device driver,

receive a wireless network message containing an associated peripheral device driver,

generate a computer interface message containing the received peripheral device driver,

receive a computer interface message containing data for a peripheral device associated with the device registration information, and

generate a wireless network message to convey the data to a peripheral device associated with the device registration information; and

a wireless network operable to:

detect initiation of the wireless network session,

determine whether the wireless network session is associated with a peripheral device,

generate the wireless network message containing the device registration information if the wireless network session is associated with a peripheral device,

generate the wireless network message containing the instructions if the wireless network session is associated with a peripheral device,

receive the wireless network message requesting a peripheral device driver associated with the device registration information,

generate the wireless network message containing an associated peripheral device driver,

receive the wireless network message conveying the data to a peripheral device associated with the device registration information, and

generate a message to convey the data to a peripheral device associated with the device registration information.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating a wireless message comprising an identifier associated with a peripheral device; and

receiving a wireless message comprising peripheral device registration information associated with the identifier.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the wireless terminal is further operable to:

generate a wireless message comprising an identifier associated with a peripheral device; and

receive a wireless message comprising peripheral device registration information associated with the identifier.

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