Device for selective power management for a hand held host
First Claim
1. A radio transceiver hand held host, comprising:
- wireless communication circuitry for transmitting and receiving radio frequency communication signals, the wireless communication circuitry further including a plurality of transceiver and application elements;
a processor module coupled to receive and generate communication signals from and to the wireless communication circuitry;
logic for prompting the processor module to control power levels of the plurality of transceiver and application elements, collectively, host elements, according to a user selected operational mode of the radio transceiver that are defined by logic within the radio transceiver;
a plurality of power delivery elements coupled to the corresponding host elements of the plurality of power delivery elements for selectively delivering power to the corresponding host element, the plurality of power delivery elements further coupled to receive control commands from the processor module; and
wherein the radio transceiver hand held host is operable to provide a custom power mode of operation that enables a user to selectively map the transceiver and application elements to at least one of a plurality of power modes of operation.
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Abstract
A hand held radio host includes circuitry for selectively providing power to radiating transceiver elements and non-radiating application elements according to a plurality of power modes of operation to achieve desired effects and in a way that saves power and extends battery life. In one embodiment of the invention, the hand held host operates in one of three modes. In a full power mode, any selected application element as well as all transceiver elements are powered on at the same time. Thus, for example, a cell phone module, a wireless personal access network module, a wireless local area network module and one of a pager/short message service message module may all be powered on at the same time to receive corresponding messages, calls, data sessions, etc. At the same time that all of the transceiver elements are powered on, any selected application element receives power. Thus, application elements such as address books, calendar functions, games, word processors, etc may receive power when selected.
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43 Claims
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1. A radio transceiver hand held host, comprising:
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wireless communication circuitry for transmitting and receiving radio frequency communication signals, the wireless communication circuitry further including a plurality of transceiver and application elements; a processor module coupled to receive and generate communication signals from and to the wireless communication circuitry; logic for prompting the processor module to control power levels of the plurality of transceiver and application elements, collectively, host elements, according to a user selected operational mode of the radio transceiver that are defined by logic within the radio transceiver; a plurality of power delivery elements coupled to the corresponding host elements of the plurality of power delivery elements for selectively delivering power to the corresponding host element, the plurality of power delivery elements further coupled to receive control commands from the processor module; and wherein the radio transceiver hand held host is operable to provide a custom power mode of operation that enables a user to selectively map the transceiver and application elements to at least one of a plurality of power modes of operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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20. A hand held device, comprising:
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a first wireless transceiver module for transmitting and receiving radio frequency communication signals; a second wireless transceiver module for transmitting and receiving radio frequency communication signals; a first application module for providing a first application function; a second application module for providing a second application function; a selective power supply module coupled to selectively provide power to the first and second radio transceiver modules and the first and second application modules; and a control module for generating control signals to the selective power supply module to control when and what modules of the first and second radio transceiver modules and the first and second application modules receive power according to a user selected power mode of operation; and wherein the hand held device is operable to provide a custom power mode of operation that enables a user to selectively map the transceiver and application elements to at least one of a plurality of power modes of operation. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A hand held device, comprising:
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front end radio transceiver means for transmitting and receiving RF signals; application means for performing at least one of a plurality of application functions; infrared communication means for communicating over a wireless medium; power means coupled to selectively provide power to the front end radio transceiver means, the application means and the infrared communication means, each of which is formed within the hand held device; logic means coupled to the power means for providing control signals to the power means to prompt the power means to provide power according to a user selected power mode of operation; and wherein the hand held device is operable to provide a custom power mode of operation that enables a user to selectively map the transceiver and application elements to at least one of a plurality of power modes of operation. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43)
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