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Mobile communication device with low power signal detector

  • US 8,532,718 B2
  • Filed: 12/07/2005
  • Issued: 09/10/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile communication device comprising:

  • a first module operable to communicate information according to each of a plurality of communication protocols, each communication protocol described by a plurality of non-informational characteristics;

    a second module operable in a plurality of modes comprising;

    a first mode described by sleep mode characteristics; and

    a second mode, in which the second module processes a received communication signal to determine the information being communicated by the received communication signal; and

    a third module operable to determine whether to transition operation of the second module from the first mode to the second mode, based on whether at least one non-informational characteristic of the received communication signal matches at least one of the non-informational characteristics of a particular one of the communication protocols.

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