Method and Structure in Support of the Formation of Substantially Co-Linear Wireless Device Pairings and Mitigation of Interference Effects in a Digital Multi-Media Communication Environment
First Claim
1. A method of forming a co-linear relationship between wireless devices in a wireless communication environment, comprising:
- a first wireless device in the environment receiving a second compass orientation of a second wireless device co-located in the defined environment;
determining whether the second compass orientation of the second wireless device is sufficiently co-linear with a first compass orientation of the first wireless device to support wireless transmission of data between the first and second wireless devices;
if the second compass orientation of the second wireless device is not sufficiently co-linear with the first compass orientation of the first wireless device, performing a remedial action in support of achieving a sufficiently co-linear relationship for at least one of the first and second wireless devices.
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Abstract
A method and structure that supports the formation of co-linear device pairs and mitigation of undesired interference in a digital multi-media communication environment. Compass orientation information of co-located devices within range of one another in a wireless communication environment is used to determine whether sufficiently co-linear device pairing opportunities exist and may also be used to identify and/or mitigate undesired interference conditions. Various remedial actions may be performed to enhance co-linear device pairing and mitigation action may be taken to mitigation interference between substantially co-linear and co-located devices in the environment.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of forming a co-linear relationship between wireless devices in a wireless communication environment, comprising:
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a first wireless device in the environment receiving a second compass orientation of a second wireless device co-located in the defined environment; determining whether the second compass orientation of the second wireless device is sufficiently co-linear with a first compass orientation of the first wireless device to support wireless transmission of data between the first and second wireless devices; if the second compass orientation of the second wireless device is not sufficiently co-linear with the first compass orientation of the first wireless device, performing a remedial action in support of achieving a sufficiently co-linear relationship for at least one of the first and second wireless devices.
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2. A method of forming a substantially co-linear wireless device pair in a communication environment, comprising:
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positioning a first device and a second wireless device to be in a roughly co-linear arrangement in the environment, wherein the first and second wireless devices have first and second multiple axis compass elements, respectively; determining a first compass orientation of the first wireless device with respect to a first fixed reference of the environment; determining a second compass orientation of the second wireless device with respect to the second fixed reference of the environment; determining from the first and second compass orientations whether the first and second wireless devices are sufficiently co-linear to support wireless transmission of data between the first and second wireless devices; and if it is determined that the first and second wireless devices are not sufficiently co-linear to support wireless transmission of data between the first and second wireless devices, further comprising performing a remedial action in support of achieving a sufficiently co-linear relationship for at least one of the first and second wireless devices. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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3. The method of 2, wherein if it is determined from the first and second compass orientations that the first and second wireless devices are not sufficiently co-linear to support wireless transmission of data between the first and second wireless devices, further comprising adjusting a position of least one of the first and second wireless devices to achieve a greater degree of co-linearity between first and second wireless devices.
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4. The method of 2, wherein if it is determined from the first and second compass orientations that the first and second wireless devices are not sufficiently co-linear to support wireless transmission of data between the first and second wireless devices, the remedial action comprises changing the first compass orientation of the first wireless device in support of achieving a sufficiently co-linear relationship between the first wireless device and a third wireless device in the environment.
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5. The method of 2, wherein if it is determined from the first and second compass orientations that the first and second wireless devices are not sufficiently co-linear to support wireless transmission of data between the first and second wireless devices, further comprising communicating a message that quantifies the degree of non-co-linearity between the first and second wireless devices.
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14. A method of using compass orientation information to form communication pairings in a communication environment, comprising:
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a first control subsystem of a first wireless device interrogating a first compass element of the first wireless device to determine a first compass orientation of the first wireless device with respect to a fixed reference of the environment; a first transmit element of the first wireless device communicating its first compass orientation to other wireless devices within communication range in the environment; a first receive element of the first wireless device receiving one or more orientations corresponding to one or more other wireless devices in the environment; determining whether the first compass orientation is substantially aligned to any of the one or more orientations of the one or more other wireless devices received by the first receive element to identify one or more potentially co-linear wireless devices of the one or more other wireless devices; determining whether any of the one or more potentially co-linear wireless devices is substantially co-linear with the first wireless device to support wireless transmission of data between the first wireless device and the substantially co-linear wireless device; and the first control subsystem of the first wireless device selecting one of the substantially co-linear wireless devices with which to form a substantially co-linear pair capable of wireless transmission of data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A wireless communication system that provides for the formation of co-linear device pairs of devices in a wireless communication environment, comprising:
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a first wireless device further comprising; a first control subsystem; a first transmitter element in cooperative arrangement with and controlled by the first control subsystem; a first compass element in cooperative arrangement with and controlled by the first control subsystem, wherein the first compass element is operable to determine a first compass orientation of the first wireless communication device with respect to a first fixed reference in the environment and the first control subsystem interrogates the first compass element for the first compass orientation of the first wireless device; a first antenna element coupled to the first transmitter element; a digital data source operatively coupled to the first control subsystem of the first wireless device; a second wireless communication device further comprising; a second control subsystem; a first receiver element in cooperative arrangement with and controlled by the second control subsystem; a second compass element in cooperative arrangement with and controlled by the second control subsystem, wherein the second compass element is operable to determine a second compass orientation of the second wireless device with respect to a second fixed reference in the environment and the second control subsystem interrogates the second compass element for the second compass orientation of the second wireless device; and a second antenna element coupled to the first receiver element; and a data sink operatively coupled to the second control subsystem of the second wireless device; wherein one or both of the first and second control subsystems determine from the first and second compass orientations whether the first and second wireless devices are sufficiently co-linear to support wireless transmission of data between the first and second wireless devices. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A wireless communication device operable to operate in co-linear relation with another wireless device in a wireless communication environment, comprising:
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a first control subsystem; a first compass element in cooperative arrangement with and controlled by the first control subsystem, wherein the first compass element is operable to determine a first compass orientation of the first wireless communication device with respect to a first fixed reference in the environment and communicate the first compass orientation to the first control subsystem of the first wireless device; a first transmit/receive element in cooperative arrangement with and controlled by the first control subsystem, wherein the first transmit/receive element is operable to receive a second compass orientation of a second wireless entity co-located within range of the first wireless device in the environment and communicate the second compass orientation to the first control subsystem; and a first antenna element coupled to the first transmit/receive element; wherein the first control subsystem determines from the first and second compass orientations whether the first orientation of the first wireless devices is sufficiently co-linear with the second compass orientation to support wireless transmission of data between the first and second wireless devices. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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