Appeal No. 1999-1697
Application No. 08/550,270 Page 2
BACKGROUND
Appellants' invention relates to a communications adapter
having analog and digital interfaces for communications with
remote systems. An understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claims 1 and 25, which are reproduced
as follows:
1. An adapter for transferring data between a data
processing system and at least one data communications system by
remotely linking said at least one data communications system to
said data processing system, said adapter comprising:
a casing having an aperture at one end of said casing;
a carrier board having a connector for connecting to a port
of said data processing system, wherein said carrier board is
mounted within said casing with said connector accessible via
said aperture in said casing;
a single programmable digital signal processing means
mounted on said carrier board;
a memory means mounted on said carrier board, said memory
means storing software program means for instructing said single
programmable digital signal processing means; and
a plurality of transceiving means mounted on said carrier
board, wherein one or all of said plurality of transceiving means
can be activated by said single programmable digital signal
processing means for providing data communication to said at
least one data communication system.
25. An adapter for coupling a computer to a communications
network including:
a connector for coupling to the computer;
a single programmable digital signal processor;
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