System and method for triggering a wireless connection

• US 8,630,592 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2009
• Issued: 01/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Rajamani, Krishnan, Suri, Atul, Veerepalli, Sivaramakrishna
• Primary Examiner(s): Yun, Eugene
• Application Number:
  US12/607,382
• Publication Number:
  US 20100261510A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,539 Days
• Field of Search: 455/574, 455/74, 455/74.1, 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/556.1, 455/557, 455/502, 379/90.01, 379/93.01
• US Class Current: 455/74
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/385 of the core network

Abstract

Systems and methods displaying information from a mobile device are described herein. One embodiment of this disclosure provides method of triggering a wireless connection. The method comprises detecting a wired connection at a mobile device. The method further comprises adjusting a power to a wireless interface based on the detection of the wired connection.

Claims

1. A method of managing a wireless connection, the method comprising:

detecting, by a mobile device, disconnection of a wired connection to the mobile device; and

terminating, by the mobile device, a wireless connection, which is independent of the wired connection, based on the detection of the disconnection of the wired connection to the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting a cable connected to the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a message from a second device over the wired connection.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising turning off a wireless interface based on the detection of the disconnection of the wired connection.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising turning on a wireless interface based on detecting connection of the wired connection at the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing the wired connection between the mobile device and a second device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising establishing the wireless connection between the mobile device and the second device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing the wired connection between the mobile device and a third device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising establishing the wireless connection between the mobile device and a second device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless connection is a Bluetooth connection.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the mobile device comprises a Bluetooth modem.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device comprises the wireless interface.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device comprises a wired interface.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the wired interface is one of MDDI, USB, Ethernet, magnetic charger, electric charger, DVI, VGA, TVOut, HDMI, or MHL.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising adjusting power to a wireless interface based on a message received via the wired connection.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising overriding adjusting power to a wireless interface based on a user input.

17. A wireless communication device comprising:

a wired interface;

a wireless interface configured to form a wireless connection;

a first processing circuit configured to detect disconnection of a wired connection to the wired interface; and

a second processing circuit configured to terminate the wireless connection, which is independent of the wired connection, based on the detection of the disconnection of the wired connection to the wired interface.

18. The wireless communication device of claim 17, wherein the first processing circuit is further configured to detect a cable connected to the mobile device.

19. The wireless communication device of claim 17, wherein the first processing circuit is further configured to detect the disconnecting of a cable initially connected to the mobile device.

20. The wireless communication device of claim 17, wherein the first processing circuit is further configured to receive a message from a second device over the wired connection.

21. The wireless communication device of claim 17, wherein the second processing circuit is further configured to turn off the wireless interface.

22. The wireless communication device of claim 17, wherein the second processing circuit is further configured to turn on the wireless interface.

23. The wireless communication device of claim 17, further comprising a third processing circuit configured to establish a wired connection between the mobile device and a second device.

24. The wireless communication device of claim 23, wherein the second processing circuit is further configured to establish a wireless connection between the mobile device and the second device.

25. The wireless communication device of claim 17, further comprising a third processing circuit configured to establish a wired connection between the mobile device and a third device.

26. The wireless communication device of claim 25, wherein the second processing circuit is further configured to establish a wireless connection between the mobile device and a second device.

27. The wireless communication device of claim 17, wherein the wireless interface is a Bluetooth interface.

28. The wireless communication device of claim 17, further comprising a Bluetooth modem.

29. The wireless communication device of claim 17, wherein the wired interface is one of MDDI, USB, Ethernet, magnetic charger, electric charger, DVI, VGA, TVOut, HDMI, or MHL.

30. The wireless communication device of claim 17, wherein the second processing circuit is further configured to adjust the power to the wireless interface based on a message received via the wired connection.

31. The wireless communication device of claim 17, further comprising a third processing circuit configured to override the second processing circuit based on a user input.

32. A wireless communication device comprising:

means for detecting, by a mobile device, disconnection of a wired connection to the mobile device; and

means for terminating, by the mobile device, a wireless connection, which is independent of the wired connection, based on the detection of the disconnection of the wired connection to the mobile device.

33. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code that, when executed, causes an apparatus to:

detect disconnection of a wired connection to a mobile device; and

terminate a wireless connection, which is independent of the wired connection, based on the detection of the disconnection of the wired connection to the mobile device.