SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL TIME OR NEAR REAL TIME WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES

• US 20170111243A1
• Filed: 03/04/2016
• Published: 04/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Energous Corporation
• Original Assignee: Energous Corporation
• Inventors: BELL, Douglas, LEABMAN, Michael A.
• Application Number:
  US15/060,819
• Publication Number:
  US 20170111243A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/022 by sampling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/14 using software, i.e. software packages network security related monitoring H04L63/1408
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/00 Systems for electrical power generation, transmission, distribution or end-user application management characterised by the use of communication or information technologies, or communication or information technology specific aspects supporting them

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and devices using an improved wireless communications component that allows for real time or near-real time data sampling reporting between devices using modified wireless communications protocols (e.g., Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi), and real time or near-real time behavior adjustments by a first device based on the data samples received from a second device. Embodiments disclosed herein comprise devices, such as receivers and transmitters, having communications components that may communicate data samples, such as power values, in real time or near-real time, thereby allowing a first device (e.g., transmitter) to adjust in real time or near-real time operational behavior of the first device'"'"'s hardware or software (e.g., adjust power waves) based upon the data samples (e.g., power values) received from a second device (e.g., receiver).

Claims

1. A communications component of a first device, the communications component comprising:

a processor configured to;

generate a first request for a data sample associated with a functional routine executed by a second device;

continuously and consecutively receive one or more data samples from the second device; and

upon receiving from the second device at least one data signal comprising a flag bit;

transmit a second request for a data sample associated with the functional routine executed by the second device.

2. The communications component of the first device according to claim 1, wherein the second request is configured to cause the second device to reset one or more output buffer memories of the communications component of the second device.

3. The communications component of the first device according to claim 1, further comprising an antenna configured to transmit a data signal containing the request for the data sample to the second device.

4. The communications component of the first device according to claim 1, further comprising an antenna configured to continuously and consecutively receive one or more data signals containing the one or more data samples from the second device.

5. The communications component of the first device according to claim 1, wherein the processor of the communications component is further configured to transmit each consecutive data sample to a device processor of the first device.

6. The communications component of the first device according to claim 5, wherein the device processor executes one or more software applications based upon each consecutive data sample transmitted by the processor of the communications component.

7. The communications component of the first device according to claim 1, wherein the first device is a wireless power transmitter.

8. The communications component of the first device according to claim 1, wherein the second device is a wireless power receiver.

9. The communications component of the first device according to claim 1, wherein the communications component of the first device comprises one or more chips configured to communicate using a Bluetooth®

wireless communications protocol.

10. A communications component of a first device, the communications component comprising:

one or more memories configured to store one or more data messages containing data samples prior to transmission to a second device; and

a processor configured to;

continuously and consecutively generate the one or more data messages containing the one or more data samples; and

upon determining that each of the one more memories are filled with one or more messages, transmit at least one data message containing an indicator that the one or more memories are full.

11. The communications component of the first device according to claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to reset the one or more memories upon receiving a second request for a data sample from the second device.

12. The communications component of the first device according to claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to store each consecutively generated data message into a memory upon generating the data message containing the data sample.

13. The communications component of the first device according to claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit the first request for the data sample to a software module executed by the second device and configured to generate each consecutive data sample for each consecutive data message.

14. The communications component of the first device according to claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to instruct the software module to halt generation of each data sample upon determining that the one or more memories are filled.

15. The communications component of the first device according to claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to instruct the software module to generate a next data sample for a next data message upon receiving a second request for the next data sample from the second device.

16. The communications component of the first device according to claim 10, further comprising an antenna configured to receive a data signal containing one or more requests for one or more data samples.

17. The communications component of the first device according to claim 10, wherein the communications component of the first device comprises one or more chips configured to communicate using a Bluetooth®

wireless communications protocol.

18. The communications component of the first device according to claim 10, wherein the first device is a wireless power receiver, and wherein the second device is a wireless power transmitter.

19. A method comprising:

transmitting, by a communications component of a first device, to a second device a first request for one or more data samples associated with a functional routine of the second device;

continuously and consecutively receiving, by the communications component of the first device, from the second device one or more data signals containing a data sample; and

upon receiving from the second device at least one data signal comprising a flag bit;

transmitting, by the communications component of the first device, a second request for one or more data samples associated with the functional routine of the second device, the second request configured to cause the second device to reset one or more buffers, of the communications component of the second device.

20. A method comprising:

continuously and consecutively transmitting, by a communications component of a first device, to a second device one or more data samples generated from a functional routine executed by the first device;

transmitting, by the communications component of the first device, to the second device at least one message comprising a flag bit upon determining that a set of one or more buffers of the communications component of the first device is unavailable; and

resetting, by the communications component of the first device, the set of one or more buffers of the communications component of the first device upon receiving from the second device a second request for one or more data samples resulting from the functional routine.