Wall mounted system with insertable computing apparatus

Abstract

The present invention is directed to provide a computing system comprises plurality of apparatii mounted on the wall or floor adjacent to or embedded inside the LAN jack or a main power outlet. The apparatii are connected at the back side through Ethernet cable, optical fiber or main lines to the building LAN and connected at the front side through cables or wirelessly to display, keyboard, mouse or other peripheral devices. In a typical embodiment of the present invention power to the computing apparatus is supplied through the LAN cable. Another embodiment of the present invention utilizes a wall or floor mounted housing part comprising of an integrated LAN connector. This common housing enables easy installation of the said computing apparatus module and plurality of other compatible devices that may be plugged into that same housing.

1 . A wall or floor mounted LAN hub insert comprising: 
 a box adapted to fit inside or be mechanically attached to a network or mains jack comprising:    a mating electrical connector provided on said box adapted to mate with a connector in said jack providing LAN interface for the LAN hub insert;    a LAN switch connected to said mating connector;    plurality of LAN connectors connected to said LAN switch.    
   
   
       2 . The LAN hub insert of  claim 1  wherein the LAN hub insert is built as a removable module adapted to fits inside a housing permanently fixed to the building interior or furniture.  
   
   
       3 . The LAN hub insert of  claim 1  wherein said mating connector is a fiber-optic connector provided on said box and adapted to mate with a connector in said jack providing LAN interface for said computing apparatus.  
   
   
       4 . The LAN hub insert of  claim 1  wherein said mating connector is providing both power and digital data.  
   
   
       5 . The LAN hub insert of  claim 4  wherein said mating connector is connected to main electricity lines providing both AC power and digital data over power-lines networking.  
   
   
       6 . A wall or floor mounted computing apparatus comprising: 
 a box adapted to fit inside or be mechanically attached to a network or mains jack comprising: 
 a processor adapted to process required programs;  
 Non-Volatile memory means adapted to permanently store programs and data to be processed by said processor;  
 volatile memory means adapted to temporarily store data required by said processor;  
 at least two video display controllers adapted to generate a visible video image on connected video display means from data directed from said processor, said non-volatile memory or said volatile memory;  
 network interface means for connecting the apparatus to external data network through fiber optic based means adapted to receive and transmit data to and from the apparatus;  
   a mating connector provided on said box and adapted to mate with a connector in said jack providing LAN interface for said computing apparatus;    means for interfacing with plurality of external peripheral devices provided to said box so as to allow a user to interact with the apparatus through data exchange in various forms with the said peripheral devices such as keyboard and mouse or any other connected device.    
   
   
       7 . The wall or floor mounted computing apparatus of  claim 6  wherein at least one of said two video display controllers adapted to generate a visible video image may be connected to a video display means using DVI connector.  
   
   
       8 . A wall or floor mounted LAN jack insert comprising: 
 a box adapted to fit inside or be mechanically attached to a network or mains jack comprising:    a mating connected for connecting to wall LAN system;    a LAN jack provided on a front panel capable of communicating data received from said mating connector.    
   
   
       9 . The LAN jack insert of  claim 8  wherein said LAN jack insert is built as a removable module adapted to fits inside a housing permanently fixed to the building interior or furniture.  
   
   
       10 . The LAN jack insert of  claim 8  wherein said mating connector is a fiber-optic connector provided on said box and adapted to mate with a connector in said jack providing LAN interface for said computing apparatus.  
   
   
       11 . The LAN jack insert of  claim 10  further comprising an optical transceiver LAN controller connected on one side to said fiber-optic connector and on the other side to said LAN jack.  
   
   
       12 . The LAN jack insert of  claim 8  wherein said mating connector is connected to main electricity lines providing both AC power and digital data over power-lines networking.  
   
   
       13 . A layered headless computing apparatus comprising: 
 a thermally conductive box containing at least three substantially parallel printed circuit boards wherein: 
 a first Printed Circuit Board layer containing at least a processor, memory controller, volatile memory, non-volatile memory, and an interconnect component to interface it with the second layer;  
   a second Printed Circuit Board layer connected to first and third layers and containing at least I/O controller, LAN transceiver, power supplies, and interconnect means to third layer; and    a third layer Printed Circuit Board layer connected to second layer and containing substantially front panel LAN jack.    
   
   
       14 . A modular data system comprising: 
 a server connected to a LAN switch;    a LAN switch connected to said server and to plurality of housing for insertable computing device;    plurality of insertable device inserted into said plurality of housings, wherein said plurality of insertable devices are selected from a group of devices such as blank panel modular insert, computing apparatus insert, headless computing apparatus insert, LAN jack insert, LAN hub insert, and Wireless LAN Access Point insert.    
   
   
       15 . A Wireless LAN Access Point insert comprising: 
 a box adapted to fit inside or be mechanically attached to a network or mains jack;    a mating connector provided on said box for connecting to wall LAN system;    a LAN controller exchanging data with said mating connector;    a radio section for modulating said data as RF radiation; and    antenna for transmitting said RF radiation.