SYSTEMS AND/OR METHODS OF DATA ACQUISITION FROM A TRANSCEIVER

• US 20100060433A1
• Filed: 11/17/2009
• Published: 03/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Odyssey Wireless, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Odyssey Wireless, Inc.
• Inventors: Karabinis, Peter D.
• Granted Patent: US 8,665,068 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.300
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 21/00 Measuring or testing not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/01 Details
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/01 Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled G08G1/07 - G08G1/14 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/017 identifying vehicles G08G1/015, G08G1/054 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/09675 where a selection from the received information takes place in the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096783 where the origin of the information is a roadside individual element
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements

Abstract

Systems and/or Methods are disclosed for acquiring data from a transceiver responsive to one or more signals that are received at the transceiver from one or more devices. In one embodiment, a transceiver is configured to transmit a signal responsive to having received a first signal from a first device, wherein the signal that is transmitted by the transceiver is configured to trigger a second device to transmit a second signal. The transceiver is further configured to transmit data responsive to having received the second signal that is transmitted by the second device. In other embodiments, a transceiver is configured to receive a signal from a first device over frequencies of a predetermined frequency band that the first device is authorized to use, to receive a signal from a second device over frequencies of the predetermined frequency band and to transmit data responsive to having received both the signal from the first device and the signal from the second device. The transceiver is further configured to require that both the signal from the first device and the signal from the second device be received at the transceiver before the data is transmitted. Analogous methods are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method of acquiring data from an entity, the method comprising:

responding by the entity to a signal that is received at the entity from a device; and

suppressing a subsequent response by the entity to a subsequent signal that is received at the entity from said device, over a predetermined time interval, in order to avoid a redundant response by the entity;

wherein suppressing a subsequent response by the entity to a subsequent signal that is received at the entity from said device, over a predetermined time interval, comprises reading a data element that is included in the subsequent signal that is received at the entity and determining from said reading that the subsequent signal that is received at the entity, over the predetermined time interval, has been transmitted by said device.

2. A method of acquiring data from an entity, the method comprising:

receiving at the entity a signal from a first device over frequencies of a predetermined frequency band that the first device is authorized to use;

receiving at the entity a signal from a second device over frequencies of the predetermined frequency band; and

transmitting data from the entity responsive to the receiving at the entity a signal from a first device and responsive to the receiving at the entity a signal from a second device;

wherein said transmitting data from the entity responsive to the receiving at the entity a signal from a first device and responsive to the receiving at the entity a signal from a second device comprises;

requiring both said receiving at the entity a signal from a first device and said receiving at the entity a signal from a second device to occur prior to said transmitting data from the entity.

3. A method of acquiring data from an entity, the method comprising:

transmitting a signal from the entity responsive to receiving at the entity a first signal from a first device;

triggering a second device to transmit a second signal responsive to said transmitting a signal from the entity; and

transmitting data from the entity responsive to receiving at the entity the second signal from the second device.

4. A transceiver comprising:

a system that is configured to respond to a signal that is received at the transceiver from a device and is further configured to suppress a subsequent response to a subsequent signal that is received at the transceiver from said device, over a predetermined time interval, in order to avoid a redundant response;

wherein the system is configured to suppress the subsequent response to the subsequent signal that is received at the transceiver from said device, over the predetermined time interval, by reading a data element that is included in the subsequent signal that is received at the transceiver and to determine from said reading that the subsequent signal that is received at the transceiver, over the predetermined time interval, has been transmitted by said device.

5. A transceiver comprising:

a system that is configured to receive a signal from a first device over frequencies of a predetermined frequency band that the first device is authorized to use, to receive a signal from a second device over frequencies of the predetermined frequency band and to transmit data responsive to having received both the signal from the first device and the signal from the second device;

wherein the system is configured to require that both the signal from the first device and the signal from the second device be received at the system before the data is transmitted by the system.

6. A transceiver comprising:

a system that is configured to transmit a signal responsive to having received a first signal from a first device, wherein the signal that is transmitted by the system is configured to trigger a second device to transmit a second signal responsive to the second device having received the signal that is transmitted by the system, and wherein the system is further configured to transmit data responsive to having received the second signal that is transmitted by the second device.

7. A transceiver according to claim 6, wherein the system is configured to transmit the signal and/or the data using a frequency that is included in the first signal that is received by the system from the first device and/or in the second signal that is received by the system from the second device.