Positioning and transmitting system
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1. A mobile device comprising:
- a transmitter portion;
a signal receiver portion comprising a position location receiver; and
a control module to;
monitor transmission power of the transmitter portion;
in response to a determination that the monitored power exceeds a first threshold power level, determine whether the transmitter portion is transmitting voice information or data information and whether the signal receiving portion has a higher priority than the transmitter portion, wherein the first threshold is based, at least in part, on available location information associated with the position location receiver;
in response to a determination that the signal receiving portion has a higher priority than the transmitter portion, initiate an override to disable the transmitter portion;
otherwise in the absence of the override;
in response to a determination that the transmitter portion is transmitting voice information, at least partially disable the signal receiver portion; and
in response to a determination that the transmitter portion is transmitting data information, decrease at least one of;
the transmission power of the transmitter portion; and
/or, a data rate of the transmitter portion.
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Abstract
A control module interconnecting a transmitter portion and a signal receiver portion of a mobile device is provided. The control module monitors the transmitter portion of the mobile device and, based on the monitored condition, alters the mobile device to inhibit the ability of a transmission signal from a transmitter to interfere with the signal receiver portion, i.e., intelligent blanking. In other words, the control module may disable or modify the signal receiver portion when power on the transmitter portion exceeds a predetermined power threshold level. Alternatively the control module may force the transmitter portion to transmit at a reduced power level.
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29 Claims
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1. A mobile device comprising:
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a transmitter portion; a signal receiver portion comprising a position location receiver; and a control module to; monitor transmission power of the transmitter portion; in response to a determination that the monitored power exceeds a first threshold power level, determine whether the transmitter portion is transmitting voice information or data information and whether the signal receiving portion has a higher priority than the transmitter portion, wherein the first threshold is based, at least in part, on available location information associated with the position location receiver; in response to a determination that the signal receiving portion has a higher priority than the transmitter portion, initiate an override to disable the transmitter portion; otherwise in the absence of the override; in response to a determination that the transmitter portion is transmitting voice information, at least partially disable the signal receiver portion; and in response to a determination that the transmitter portion is transmitting data information, decrease at least one of;
the transmission power of the transmitter portion; and
/or, a data rate of the transmitter portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 23, 24, 26)
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8. A method comprising:
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monitoring a transmission power off transmitter portion of a mobile device; in response to a determination that the transmitting power exceeds a first power level threshold, determining whether the transmitter portion is transmitting voice information or data information and whether a signal receiving portion of the mobile device has a higher priority than the transmitter portion, wherein the signal receiving portion comprises a position location receiver and the first threshold is based, at least in part, on available location information associated with the position location receiver; in response to a determination that the signal receiving portion has a higher priority than the transmitter portion, initiating an override to disable the transmitter portion; otherwise in the absence of the override; in response to a determination that the transmitter portion is transmitting voice information, at least partially disabling a signal receiver portion of the mobile device; and in response to a determination that the transmitter portion is transmitting data information, decreasing at least one of;
the transmission power of the transmitter portion; and
/or, a data rate of the transmitter portion. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27)
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13. An article comprising:
a computer readable storage media having stored therein instructions implementable by a processor in a mobile device to; monitor a transmission power of a transmitter portion of the mobile device; determine whether the monitored power level exceeds a first power threshold level; in response to a determination that the monitored power exceeds the first threshold power level, determine whether the transmitter portion is transmitting voice information or data information and whether the signal receiving portion has a higher priority than the transmitter portion, wherein the signal receiving portion comprises a position location receiver and the first threshold is based, at least in part, on available location information associated with the position location receiver; in response to a determination that the signal receiving portion has a higher priority than the transmitter portion, initiate an override to disable the transmitter portion; otherwise in the absence of the override; in response to a determination that the transmitter portion,is transmitting voice information, at least partially disable a signal receiver portion of a mobile device; and in response to a determination that the transmitter portion is transmitt data information, decrease at least one of the transmission power of the transmitter portion; and
/or, a data rate of the transmitter portion.- View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 28)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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means for transmitting a signal; means for receiving a satellite signal; means for generating location information based, at least in part, on a received satellite signal; means for determining a transmission power of the transmitted signal; means for determining whether the transmitted signal comprises voice information or data information, in response to a determination that the transmission power of the transmitted signal exceeds a threshold power level, wherein the threshold power level is based, at least in part, on available location information; means for determining whether the means for receiving has a higher priority than the means for transmitting, in response to a determination that the transmission power of the transmitted signal exceeds the threshold power level; means for initiating an override to disable the means for transmitting, in response to a determination that the means for receiving has the higher priority than the means for transmitting; means for at least partially disabling the means for receiving the satellite signal, in the absence of the override and in response to a determination that the transmitted signal comprises voice information; and means for decreasing, in the absence of the override and in response to a determination that the transmitted signal comprises voice information, at least one of;
the transmission power of the transmitted signal; and
/or, a data rate of the transmitted signal. - View Dependent Claims (25, 29)
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