Jeffrey B Robbins

US Patent:

20180167799, Jun 14, 2018

Filed:

Feb 8, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/892136

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Robert Dale Newberry - San Jose CA, US
Jeffrey L. Robbins - Los Altos CA, US
David Heller - San Jose CA, US
Christopher R. Wysocki - Los Gatos CA, US
Stephen Anderson Davis - Los Gatos CA, US

International Classification:

H04W 8/00
H04W 12/06
H04L 12/931
H04L 29/06
H04W 84/10
H04W 88/04
H04L 12/66

Abstract:

Disclosed herein is a networked media station providing a variety of features including a wireless network interface, a wired network interface, a peripheral interface, and a multimedia interface. The wireless network interface(s) allows the device to communicate to serve as a wireless base station or repeater and/or a bridge between a wireless and a wired network. The peripheral interface allows the device to communicate with a variety of peripherals, and, in conjunction with the network interface(s), allows sharing of a peripheral among multiple networked computers. The multimedia interface allows the device to be used with entertainment devices for streaming of multimedia information from a network connected computer to the entertainment device. Control of various aspects of the device is preferably controlled from a network connected computer.