Cellular communications system providing mobile cellular device battery saving features while accommodating user access requests and related methods
First Claim
1. A communications system comprising:
- at least one base station; and
at least one mobile wireless communications device comprisinga portable housing, andbattery-powered circuitry carried by said portable housing and configured to attempt to establish a wireless communications link with said at least one base station, and when the wireless communications link cannot be established, then continue to attempt to establish the wireless communications link at a first attempt rate, and when a request to access said at least one base station is provided, then continue to attempt to establish the wireless communications link at a second attempt rate greater than the first attempt rate;
said battery-powered circuitry comprising a user input device carried by said portable housing and configured to provide the request to access said at least one base station.
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Abstract
A cellular communications system may include at least one base station and at least one mobile cellular communications device. More particularly, the at least one mobile cellular communications device may include a controller, at least one user input device connected to the controller, and a wireless transceiver cooperating with the controller for attempting to establish a wireless communications link with at least one base station, and if the wireless communications link cannot be established, then continuing to attempt to establish the wireless communications link at a first attempt rate. Moreover, if a user provides a request to access the at least one base station via the at least one user input device, then the controller may continue to attempt to establish the wireless communications link based upon a second attempt rate greater than the first attempt rate.
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19 Claims
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1. A communications system comprising:
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at least one base station; and at least one mobile wireless communications device comprising a portable housing, and battery-powered circuitry carried by said portable housing and configured to attempt to establish a wireless communications link with said at least one base station, and when the wireless communications link cannot be established, then continue to attempt to establish the wireless communications link at a first attempt rate, and when a request to access said at least one base station is provided, then continue to attempt to establish the wireless communications link at a second attempt rate greater than the first attempt rate; said battery-powered circuitry comprising a user input device carried by said portable housing and configured to provide the request to access said at least one base station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A mobile wireless communications device comprising:
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a portable housing; and battery-powered circuitry carried by said portable housing and configured to attempt to establish a wireless communications link with at least one base station, and when the wireless communications link cannot be established, then continue to attempt to establish the wireless communications link at a first attempt rate, and when a request to access the at least one base station is provided, then continue to attempt to establish the wireless communications link at a second attempt rate greater than the first attempt rate; said battery-powered circuitry comprising a user input device carried by said portable housing and configured to provide the request to access the at least one base station. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for conserving power in a mobile wireless communications device comprising a portable housing, and battery-powered circuitry carried by the portable housing, the method comprising:
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using the battery-powered circuitry to attempt to establish a wireless communications link with at least one base station, and when the wireless communications link cannot be established, then continue to attempt to establish the wireless communications link at a first attempt rate, the battery-powered circuitry comprising a user input device configured to provide the request to access the at least one base station; and when a request to access the at least one base station is provided via the user input device, then using the circuitry to continue to attempt to establish the wireless communications link at a second attempt rate greater than the first attempt rate to thereby conserve power in the mobile wireless communications device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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