Wireless communication system having a guest transmitter and a host receiver
First Claim
1. A wireless communication system comprising:
- at least one guest having means including a guest transmitter for transmitting guest signals; and
at least one host having means including a host receiver for receiving the guest signals, said host comprising means for establishing a link with the guest upon reception of a declaration signal transmitted by the guest, after which the host will respond to regular operation signals transmitted by the linked guest, characterized in that;
the means for establishing the link with the guest establishes the link upon reception by the host of the declaration signal transmitted by the guest while the guest transmitter is located within a declaration area of the host, said declaration area being an area different from a normal operating area of the guest/host pair, and said means not establishing the link with the guest upon transmission of the declaration signal by the guest while the guest transmitter is located outside said declaration area, the difference between the declaration area and the normal operating area being set on the basis of a parameter other than transmission power level, and the guest uses substantially the same transmission power for transmitting the declaration signal and for transmitting the regular operation signals.
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Abstract
A system including at least one host and at least one guest communicating with each other via a wireless medium and having structure for linking a selected host (10) to a selected guest (20). In order to be able to perform such selection and such linking in a simplified manner, the host (10) has structure for establishing the link on the double condition that the guest (20) transmits a declaration signal (50) and that this declaration signal (50) is transmitted from within a declaration area (40) of the host (10) which differs substantially from the normal operating area (60) of the guest/host pair. The selection and the linking of the host (10) and the guest (20) is performed simply by putting the selected guest (20) within the declaration area (40) of the selected host (10) and by triggering the transmission of a declaration signal (50) by the selected guest (20) from within this declaration area (40).
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15 Claims
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1. A wireless communication system comprising:
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at least one guest having means including a guest transmitter for transmitting guest signals; and at least one host having means including a host receiver for receiving the guest signals, said host comprising means for establishing a link with the guest upon reception of a declaration signal transmitted by the guest, after which the host will respond to regular operation signals transmitted by the linked guest, characterized in that; the means for establishing the link with the guest establishes the link upon reception by the host of the declaration signal transmitted by the guest while the guest transmitter is located within a declaration area of the host, said declaration area being an area different from a normal operating area of the guest/host pair, and said means not establishing the link with the guest upon transmission of the declaration signal by the guest while the guest transmitter is located outside said declaration area, the difference between the declaration area and the normal operating area being set on the basis of a parameter other than transmission power level, and the guest uses substantially the same transmission power for transmitting the declaration signal and for transmitting the regular operation signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A host of a wireless communication system comprising at least one guest and at least one host, said guest having means including a guest transmitter for transmitting guest signals, said host having means including a host receiver for receiving the guest signals and means for establishing a link with the guest upon reception of a declaration signal transmitted by the guest, after which the host will respond to regular operation signals transmitted by the linked guest, characterized in that:
the host comprises means for establishing the link with the guest upon reception of the declaration signal transmitted by the guest while the guest transmitter is located with in a declaration area of the host, said declaration area being an area different from a normal operating area of the guest/host pair, and said means not establishing the link with the guest upon transmission of the declaration signal by the guest while the guest transmitter is located outside said declaration area, the difference between the declaration area and the normal operating area being set on the basis of a parameter other than transmission power level, and the guest using substantially the same transmission power for transmitting the declaration signal and for transmitting the regular operation signals.
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13. A method of establishing a link between a host having a host receiver and a guest having a quest transmitter of a wireless communication system comprising at least one host and at least one guest, after which the host will respond to regular operation signals transmitted by the linked guest, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) placing the guest transmitter within a declaration area of the host, said declaration area being different from a normal operating area of the guest transmitter/host receiver pair; b) performing a user action on the guest, whereupon the guest transmits a declaration signal; and c) establishing the link between the host and the guest if a transmission origin of the declaration signal is within the declaration area, and not establishing said link if the transmission origin is outside the declaration area, the difference between the declaration area and the normal operating area being set on the basis of a parameter other than transmission power level, the guest using substantially the same transmission power for transmitting the declaration signal and for transmitting the regular operation signals. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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