System and apparatus for performing broadcast and localcast communications
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Abstract
Described is a communication system including mobile communication devices. In the described system, the mobile devices may be wrist-worn watches such as are in common use today, except that the watches are specially configured to receive data in a “broadcast” mode and transmit and/or receive data in a “localcast” mode. The localcast mode includes the ability to transmit and receive data in a peer-to-peer fashion, allowing mobile devices to communicate directly with each other. The ability to combine two of these communication modes in a small, integrated and hence inexpensive and low-power package provides many advantages over existing personal communication device solutions.
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59 Claims
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1-29. -29 (canceled)
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30. :
- A method of re-broadcasting data transmitted over an FM subcarrier, comprising the steps of;
receiving at a localcast transmitter said transmitted data;
locally formatting said transmitted data for local-area wireless transmission; and
retransmitting said locally formatted data from said localcast transmitter to a local area. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
- A method of re-broadcasting data transmitted over an FM subcarrier, comprising the steps of;
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50. :
- a method, comprising;
receiving at a localcast transmitter broadcast data over an FM subcarrier;
locally formatting the broadcast data for local-area wireless transmission; and
retransmitting the locally formatted data from the localcast transmitter to a mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
- a method, comprising;
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56. :
- An apparatus for re-broadcasting data transmitted over an FM subcarrier, comprising;
a broadcast transmitter that is arranged to broadcast data over the FM subcarrier;
a localcast transmitter that is arranged to receive the broadcast data and locally format the broadcast data for local-area wireless transmission; and
a mobile device that is arranged to receive the locally formatted data. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59)
- An apparatus for re-broadcasting data transmitted over an FM subcarrier, comprising;
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