CELL PHONE WIRELESS SPEAKER-MICROPHONE SLEEP MODES
First Claim
1. A hand held transceiver, comprising:
- first and second wireless transceiver units operatively coupled to function as a single system;
the first wireless transceiver unit further comprising;
first and second radio front end circuit blocks for transmitting and receiving radio frequency communication signals utilizing first and second wireless communication protocols, respectively, the first and second radio front end circuit blocks further including a plurality of transceiver elements;
wherein the first wireless transceiver unit is operable to control power levels of at least one of the first and second radio front end circuit blocks and further to transmit power control signals to prompt the second wireless transceiver unit to enter into a power saving mode; and
the second wireless transceiver unit further comprising;
third radio front end circuit block further including a plurality of transceiver elements for transmitting and receiving radio frequency communication signals utilizing the second wireless communication protocol wherein the second wireless transceiver units is operable to control power levels of application elements and the plurality of transceiver elements of the third radio front end block.
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Abstract
A hand held radio host includes circuitry for selectively providing power to radiating transceiver elements and non-radiating application elements according to a plurality of power modes of operation to achieve desired effects and in a way that saves power and extends battery life. In one embodiment of the invention, the hand held host operates in one of three modes. In a full power mode, any selected application element, as well as all transceiver elements, are powered on at the same time. Thus, for example, a cell phone module, a wireless personal access network module, a wireless local area network module, and one of a pager/short message service message module may all be powered on at the same time to receive corresponding messages, calls, data sessions, etc.
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23 Claims
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1. A hand held transceiver, comprising:
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first and second wireless transceiver units operatively coupled to function as a single system; the first wireless transceiver unit further comprising; first and second radio front end circuit blocks for transmitting and receiving radio frequency communication signals utilizing first and second wireless communication protocols, respectively, the first and second radio front end circuit blocks further including a plurality of transceiver elements; wherein the first wireless transceiver unit is operable to control power levels of at least one of the first and second radio front end circuit blocks and further to transmit power control signals to prompt the second wireless transceiver unit to enter into a power saving mode; and the second wireless transceiver unit further comprising; third radio front end circuit block further including a plurality of transceiver elements for transmitting and receiving radio frequency communication signals utilizing the second wireless communication protocol wherein the second wireless transceiver units is operable to control power levels of application elements and the plurality of transceiver elements of the third radio front end block. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A hand held transceiver, comprising:
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a first wireless transceiver unit for transmitting and receiving radio frequency communication signals; a second wireless transceiver unit for transmitting and receiving radio frequency communication signals; a first application module for providing a first application function; a second application module for providing a second application function; a selective power supply module coupled to selectively provide power to the first and second wireless transceiver units and the first and second application modules; and a control module for generating control signals to the selective power supply module to control when and what modules of the first and second wireless transceiver units and the first and second application modules receive power. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for power control in a wireless cell phone host, comprising:
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communicating over a cell phone interface with a cell phone base station according to a cell phone protocol; transmitting outgoing wireless communication signals over a wireless local area network interface, the wireless communication signals comprising audio to a wireless headset for playback over a speaker; receiving ingoing wireless communication signals comprising audio from the wireless headset generated by a microphone; transmitting power control commands to prompt the wireless headset to power down based upon a selected power mode of operation of the wireless cell phone host; and transmitting power control commands to the wireless headset to power up based upon a received broadcast signal received from the cell phone base station over the cell phone interface. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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