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Hail and acceptance for battery-powered devices

  • US 10,178,617 B2
  • Filed: 05/01/2017
  • Issued: 01/08/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of performing a hail communication attempt, comprising the steps of:

  • checking capacitor voltage across a capacitor in a battery pack powering a hailing device to determine whether the capacitor voltage equals or exceeds a threshold voltage; and

    responsive to determining that the capacitor voltage equals or exceeds the threshold voltagetransmitting a hail message to a target device,determining whether the hailing device has received a pong message from the target device, andresponsive to determining that the hailing device has received a pong message from the target device, terminating the hail communication attempt in preparation for sending data to the target device.

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