公开(公告)号：US20180167799A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-14

申请号：US15892136

申请日：2018-02-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Philip F. Kearney, III ,  Robert Dale Newberry ,  Jeffrey L. Robbins ,  David Heller ,  Christopher R. Wysocki ,  Stephen Anderson Davis

IPC: H04W8/00 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04L12/931 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W84/10 ,  H04W88/04 ,  H04L12/66

CPC classification number: H04W8/005 ,  H04L12/66 ,  H04L49/604 ,  H04L65/4092 ,  H04L65/605 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04W84/105 ,  H04W88/04

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.