Wireless multimedia handset

• US 8,090,374 B2
• Filed: 12/01/2006
• Issued: 01/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Maxlinear Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Quantenna Communications, Inc. (ON Semiconductor Corporation)
• Inventors: Rezvani, Behrooz, Goldsmith, Andrea
• Primary Examiner(s): Agosta, Steve D
• Application Number:
  US11/607,475
• Publication Number:
  US 20070167187A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,859 Days
• Field of Search: 455436-444, 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/501, 455/63.1, 455/67.13, 455/550.1, 455/552.1, 455/553.1, 370331-334, 370/338
• US Class Current: 455/437
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/06 including a wireless LAN interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals download of applications H04M1/72406; transfer of messages, e.g. SMS, e-mail or MMS H04M1/7243
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means voice activated dialling H04M1/271; voice recognition algorithms G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/18 for allowing seamless reselection, e.g. soft reselection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0274 by switching on or off the equipment or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/288 taking into account the usage mode, e.g. hands-free, data transmission, telephone
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A wireless multimedia handset can include one or more of wireless system support, a platform to handset features, and multiple features. The multiple features may include, by way of example but not limitation, multiple-antennae, multimedia storage with advanced search capability, a high fidelity sound system, peer-to-peer networking capability, seamless handoff capability, instant hotspot capability, and ultra low power operation such that the handset is capable of operation without recharging by operating solely on solar cells.

Claims

1. A wireless handset device comprising:

a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radio frequency (RF) system including a multi-band radio and a plurality of multi-band antennae, wherein simultaneous operation with a first wireless system and a second wireless system at the same frequency is supported, and further wherein simultaneous operation over different frequencies is supported by the multi-band radio;

a plurality of wireless interfaces, wherein, in operation, a first one or more of the wireless interfaces are used to operate in a first wireless system and a second one or more of the wireless interfaces are used to operate in a second wireless system, and wherein operation in the first wireless system and the second wireless system is simultaneous by using a first subset of the plurality of multi-band antennae for the first wireless system and a second subset of the plurality of multi-band antennae for the second wireless system; and

wherein further the plurality of wireless interfaces include a wide-area wireless interface and local-area wireless interface, enabling the device to act as an instant hotspot by serving as an access point for local-area wireless network to connect to a wide-area wireless network by using the first subset of multi-band antennae for the local-area wireless network and the second subset of multi-band antennae for the wide-area wireless network;

a peer-to-peer networking engine coupled to the wireless interfaces, wherein, in operation, the peer-to peer networking engine uses neighbor discovery and routing to connect to a peer-to-peer wireless network, and wherein the peer-to-peer wireless network is established based on a list of specific devices with which a user wishes to interact;

a handoff engine coupled to the wireless interfaces, wherein, in operation, the handoff engine accomplishes seamless wireless handoffs from the first wireless system to the second wireless system by maintaining connections with both the first wireless system and the second wireless system until handoff is complete, wherein the handoff engine facilitates seamless handoff of a voice over IP (VoIP) application between the first wireless system and the second wireless system; and

a power management engine to reduce power consumption in the wireless handset by using a power management algorithm, and multi-antennae power optimization, and shutting down non-essential functions and circuits; and

an array of microphones, wherein a weight is assigned to each of a plurality of microphone inputs, depending on one or more performance criteria; and

wherein a noise cancellation operation is performed based on the weights.