METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR USE IN A MOBILE DEVICE TO DETECT SIGNALING APERTURES WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT
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1. A method comprising, at a mobile device:
- determining whether a signaling aperture is present within an environment based, at least in part, on a presence or an absence of a reflected version of a detection signal in a received signal; and
affecting an operation of at least one function based, at least in part, on said determination as to whether said signaling aperture is present within said environment.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses and articles of manufacture are provided that may be implemented in a mobile device to determine whether one or more signaling apertures may be present within an environment based, at least in part, on a presence or an absence of a reflected version of a detection signal in a received signal, and affect an operation of at least one function based, at least in part, on a determination as to whether a signaling aperture is determined to be present or absent within the environment.
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79 Claims
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1. A method comprising, at a mobile device:
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determining whether a signaling aperture is present within an environment based, at least in part, on a presence or an absence of a reflected version of a detection signal in a received signal; and affecting an operation of at least one function based, at least in part, on said determination as to whether said signaling aperture is present within said environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An apparatus for use in a mobile device, the apparatus comprising:
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means for transmitting a detection signal; means for receiving a received signal; means for determining whether a signaling aperture is present within an environment based, at least in part, on a presence or an absence of a reflected version of said detection signal in said received signal; and means for affecting an operation of at least one function based, at least in part, on said determination as to whether said signaling aperture is present within said environment. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A mobile device comprising:
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a transmitter; a receiver; a processing unit to; initiate transmission of a detection signal within an environment via said transmitter; obtain a signal received via said receiver; determine whether a signaling aperture is present within said environment based, at least in part, on a presence or an absence of a reflected version of said detection signal in said received signal; and affect an operation of at least one function based, at least in part, on said determination as to whether said signaling aperture is present within said environment. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. An article comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer-implementable instructions executable by one or more processing units of a mobile device to; initiate transmission of a detection signal within an environment; obtain a signal received within said environment; determine whether a signaling aperture is present within said environment based, at least in part, on a presence or an absence of a reflected version of said detection signal in said received signal; and affect an operation of a at least one function based, at least in part, on said determination as to whether said signaling aperture is present within said environment. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79)
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