Wireless transmit-only apparatus and method
First Claim
1. A wireless transmit-only apparatus comprising:
- a user interface comprising at least one independently assertable input;
a plurality of mechanically resonant devices that differ from one another with respect to a characteristic resonant frequency;
a memory containing a plurality of characterizing transmission parameters comprising characterizing transmission parameters that correspond to particular ones of the plurality of mechanically resonant devices, wherein the characterizing transmission parameters correspond to a plurality of transmission messages, which plurality of transmission messages each have;
substantially common bearer content as compared to others of the plurality of transmission messages; and
at least one substantially differing characterizing transmission parameter as compared to others of the plurality of transmission messages;
a controller having access to correlation data that correlates the at least one independently assertable inpus with a corresponding one of the plurality of transmission messages and hence to a particular one of the plurality of mechanically resonant devices, such that assertion of the independently assertable input will result in selection of a particular corresponding one of the plurality of mechanically resonant devices for use when transmitting a particular one of the plurality of transmission messages.
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Abstract
A wireless transmit-only apparatus (20) can be comprised of a controller (21) that selectively controls which of a plurality of resonant devices (24 and 25) are utilized to influence the transmission carrier frequency of a transmitter (26). In a preferred embodiment at least one of the resonant devices comprises a mechanically resonant device (24) such as a surface acoustic wave device, a crystal resonator, or a ceramic resonator. In a preferred embodiment, a user interface (22) includes a plurality of independently assertable inputs. The controller responds to assertion of one of this inputs by selecting a particular set of characterizing transmission parameters (as are stored, for example, in a memory (23) and using those characterizing transmission parameters to transmit a message using a transmission carrier frequency as corresponds to use of a co-selected resonant device.
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25 Claims
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1. A wireless transmit-only apparatus comprising:
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a user interface comprising at least one independently assertable input;
a plurality of mechanically resonant devices that differ from one another with respect to a characteristic resonant frequency;
a memory containing a plurality of characterizing transmission parameters comprising characterizing transmission parameters that correspond to particular ones of the plurality of mechanically resonant devices, wherein the characterizing transmission parameters correspond to a plurality of transmission messages, which plurality of transmission messages each have;
substantially common bearer content as compared to others of the plurality of transmission messages; and
at least one substantially differing characterizing transmission parameter as compared to others of the plurality of transmission messages;
a controller having access to correlation data that correlates the at least one independently assertable inpus with a corresponding one of the plurality of transmission messages and hence to a particular one of the plurality of mechanically resonant devices, such that assertion of the independently assertable input will result in selection of a particular corresponding one of the plurality of mechanically resonant devices for use when transmitting a particular one of the plurality of transmission messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A wireless transmit-only remote control apparatus comprising:
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a user interface comprising at least one independently assertable button;
a plurality of mechanically resonant devices that differ from one another with respect to a characteristic resonant frequency;
a memory containing a plurality of characterizing transmission parameters comprising characterizing transmission parameters that correspond to particular ones of the plurality of mechanically resonant devices, wherein the characterizing transmission parameters correspond to a plurality of remote control transmission messages, which plurality of remote control transmission messages each have;
substantially common remote control instructional content as compared to others of the plurality of transmission messages; and
at least one substantially differing characterizing transmission parameter as compared to others of the plurality of transmission messages;
a controller having access to correlation data that correlates at least one of the at least one independently assertable button with a corresponding one of the plurality of remote control transmission messages and hence to a particular one of the plurality of mechanically resonant devices, such that assertion of a given one of the at least one independently assertable button will result in selection of a particular corresponding one of the plurality of mechanically resonant devices for use when transmitting a particular one of the plurality of remote control transmission messages. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of facilitating selection of a transmission frequency for a transmit-only apparatus comprising:
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detecting assertion of a particular one of a plurality of discrete user assertable inputs;
identifying a particular mechanically resonant device of a plurality of discrete mechanically resonant devices as corresponds to the particular one of the plurality of discrete user assertable inputs;
transmitting a message comprising bearer content that corresponds to the particular one of the plurality of discrete user assertable inputs using the particular mechanically resonant device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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