System and method for synchronizing companion electronic devices
First Claim
1. A method of establishing a communication link between a receiving device and a transmitting device from among a plurality of transmitting devices, wherein each of the transmitting devices comprise a transmitter that respectively transmit packets of information, each packet of information comprising a value that is indicative of how long the particular transmitter device has been active, and wherein the receiving device receives transmitted packets of information from one or more of the transmitting devices and processes the respectively received values, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- receiving, during a first transmission period, a first packet of information transmitted from a first transmitting device;
receiving, during a later transmission period, a second packet of information from a transmitting device and determining from the value transmitted with the second packet of information whether the transmitting device has been active for no longer a period of time than the transmitting device from which the first packet of information was received during the first transmission period; and
if so, synchronizing the receiving device with the transmitting device that transmitted the second packet of information.
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Abstract
A method of establishing a communication link between a receiving device and a transmitting device from among a plurality of transmitting devices, wherein the preferred criterion for selection of the preferred transmitting device is based upon how long the particular transmitting device has been active.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of establishing a communication link between a receiving device and a transmitting device from among a plurality of transmitting devices, wherein each of the transmitting devices comprise a transmitter that respectively transmit packets of information, each packet of information comprising a value that is indicative of how long the particular transmitter device has been active, and wherein the receiving device receives transmitted packets of information from one or more of the transmitting devices and processes the respectively received values, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
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receiving, during a first transmission period, a first packet of information transmitted from a first transmitting device;
receiving, during a later transmission period, a second packet of information from a transmitting device and determining from the value transmitted with the second packet of information whether the transmitting device has been active for no longer a period of time than the transmitting device from which the first packet of information was received during the first transmission period; and
if so, synchronizing the receiving device with the transmitting device that transmitted the second packet of information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 8)
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3. A method of establishing a communication link between a receiving device and a transmitting device from among at least a first transmitting device and a second transmitting device, wherein each of the first and second transmitting devices comprise a transmitter that respectively transmit packets of information, each packet of information comprising a value that is indicative of how long the particular transmitting device has been active, and wherein the receiving device receives transmitted packets of information from at least the first and second transmitting devices and processes the respectively received values, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
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receiving, during a first transmission period, a first packet of information transmitted from the first transmitting device and a first packet of information from the second transmitting device and maintaining the value associated with the transmitting device that has been active for the shortest period of time;
receiving, during a later transmission period, a packet of information from one or more transmitting devices; and
determining, from the respective values transmitted with the packets of information from the one or more transmitting devices during the later transmission period, which transmitting device from those transmitting devices for which packets of information have been received and processed, has been active for the shortest period of time; and
synchronizing the receiving device with the transmitting device that transmitted the packet of information with the value indicative of having been active for the shortest period of time. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of establishing a communication link between a receiving device and a transmitting device from among a first transmitting device and at least a second transmitting device, wherein each of the transmitting devices comprise a transmitter that respectively transmit packets of information, each packet of information comprising a value that is indicative of how long the particular transmitter device has been active, and wherein the receiving device receives transmitted packets of information from at least the first and second transmitting devices and processes the respectively received values, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
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receiving respective first packets of information transmitted from the first and at least second transmitting devices;
determining from the values transmitted with the respective first packets of information which transmitting device has been active for the shortest period of time; and
maintaining synchronization of the receiving device with the transmitting device determined to have been active for the shortest period of time. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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