Method and apparatus to facilitate message transmission and reception using different transmission characteristics
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- selecting a particular transmission characteristic from among a plurality of different transmission characteristics to provide a selected transmission characteristic;
selecting a particular recovery identifier correlated to the selected transmission characteristic from a plurality of different recovery identifiers, wherein at least a portion of individual ones of the recovery identifiers is correlated to a given corresponding one of the plurality of different transmission characteristics; and
transmitting from a transmitter a joint message comprising;
the selected recovery identifier; and
a message content;
wherein at least a portion of the joint message as comprises the message content is transmitted using the selected transmission characteristic, and wherein the joint message is configured to allow a receiver to configure itself in response to receipt of the joint message according to the selected transmission characteristic correlated to the recovery identifier to allow the receiver to receive the message content of the joint message,wherein the selecting the particular transmission characteristic comprises selecting the particular transmission characteristic based at least in part on at least a portion of the message content.
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Abstract
Upon providing (101) message content (such as a remote control instruction) to be transmitted, and in conjunction with provision (102) of a plurality of different transmission characteristics (as correspond, for example, to different types of transmission) and a corresponding plurality of correlated recovery identifiers (103), a particular transmission characteristic is selected (104) and used to transmit (105) a joint message. n particular, in a preferred approach, the selected transmission characteristic (106) is used when transmitting at least a portion of the message content portion of the joint message while another part of the joint message carries the recovery identifier to thereby facilitate selection of an appropriate reception technique by a receiver when receiving the joint message.
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49 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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selecting a particular transmission characteristic from among a plurality of different transmission characteristics to provide a selected transmission characteristic; selecting a particular recovery identifier correlated to the selected transmission characteristic from a plurality of different recovery identifiers, wherein at least a portion of individual ones of the recovery identifiers is correlated to a given corresponding one of the plurality of different transmission characteristics; and transmitting from a transmitter a joint message comprising; the selected recovery identifier; and a message content; wherein at least a portion of the joint message as comprises the message content is transmitted using the selected transmission characteristic, and wherein the joint message is configured to allow a receiver to configure itself in response to receipt of the joint message according to the selected transmission characteristic correlated to the recovery identifier to allow the receiver to receive the message content of the joint message, wherein the selecting the particular transmission characteristic comprises selecting the particular transmission characteristic based at least in part on at least a portion of the message content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a transmitter capable of various selectable types of transmission, wherein the various selectable types of transmission differ from one another as a function, at least in part, of corresponding transmission characteristics, and wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit a joint message comprising a message content transmitted according to a selected at least one of the transmission characteristics, selected based at least in part on at least a portion of the message content, and with at least one specific recovery content indicator transmitted according to at least one different transmission characteristic, the at least one specific recovery identifier configured to allow a receiver to configure itself in response to receipt of the joint message to receive the message content of the joint message, wherein a plurality of recovery content indicators each individually has at least a portion that corresponds to a given corresponding one of the transmission characteristics; and a joint message formatter having an input operably coupled to receive the message content and the plurality of recovery content indicators and having a joint message output operably coupled to the transmitter and configured to output both the message content and the at least one specific recovery content indicator as corresponds to a presently selected at least one of the transmission characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
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receiving at a receiver in a first particular way a transmission of a recovery content portion of a joint message, wherein the recovery content corresponds to a selected transmission characteristic selected based at least in part on a message content portion of the joint message; selecting at the receiver in response to receipt of the joint message a second particular way of receiving a transmission of the message content portion of the joint message as a function, at least in part, of the received recovery content; the receiver using the second particular way to receive that portion of the joint message that comprises the message content. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An apparatus comprising:
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a receiver capable of receiving various selectable types of transmissions, wherein the various selectable types of transmissions differ from one another as a function, at least in part, of corresponding transmission characteristics, and wherein the receiver is configured to receive a joint message comprising recovery content and message content and to receive the message content portion of the joint message using a selected one of the various selectable types of transmissions identified by the recovery content, the selected one of the various selectable types of transmissions selected based at least in part on at least a part of the message content; a transmission characteristic selector operably coupled to a control input of the receiver, wherein the transmission characteristic selector is responsive to a recovery content input such that the transmission characteristic selector configures the receiver according to the recovery content within the joint message in response to receipt of the joint message, wherein the recovery content corresponds to the transmission characteristic; a joint message processor operably coupled to the receiver and to the recovery content input of the transmission characteristic selector, wherein the joint message processor is configured to extract recovery content from the joint message. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method for use with a receiver that is configured and arranged to compatibly receive and process a transmitted joint message, wherein:
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at least a portion of the joint message comprises message content that is transmitted using a selected transmission characteristic as has been selected from amongst a plurality of different transmission characteristics based at least in part on at least a portion of the message content; at least a portion of the joint message comprises a recovery identifier that is transmitted using a different transmission characteristic, wherein the recovery identifier corresponds to the selected transmission characteristic; the method comprising; at a transmitter; providing a message that will be compatibly received and processed by the receiver as the transmitted joint message for the receiver to configure itself to receive the message content of the joint message according to the recovery identify in response to receipt of the transmitted joint message; transmitting the message to the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46)
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47. A method comprising:
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selecting at a transmitter a particular transmission characteristic from among a plurality of different transmission characteristics from the group consisting of at least one of a particular data order or a particular data inversion pattern to provide a selected transmission characteristic selected based at least in part on at least a portion of message content; selecting at the transmitter a particular recovery identifier correlated to the selected transmission characteristic from a plurality of different recovery identifiers, wherein the recovery identifiers comprise at least one of a particular data order identifier or a particular data inversion pattern identifier, wherein at least a portion of individual ones of the recovery identifiers is correlated to a given corresponding one of the plurality of different transmission characteristics; and transmitting from the transmitter a joint message comprising; the selected recovery identifier; and the message content; wherein at least a portion of the joint message as comprises the message content is transmitted using the selected transmission characteristic, and wherein the joint message is configured to allow a receiver to configure itself in response to receipt of the joint message according to the selected recovery identifier to allow the receiver to receive the message content of the joint message.
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48. A portable movable barrier remote control transmitter comprising:
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a transmitter configured to communicate with a movable barrier operator, and capable of various selectable types of transmission, wherein the various selectable types of transmission differ from one another as a function, at least in part, of corresponding transmission characteristics, and wherein a plurality of recovery content indicators individually has at least a portion that corresponds to a given corresponding one of the transmission characteristics; and a joint message formatter having an input operably coupled to receive message content and the plurality of recovery content indicators and having a joint message output operably coupled to the transmitter to provide a joint message comprising both the message content and the at least one specific recovery content indicator as corresponds to a presently selected at least one of the transmission characteristics selected based at least in part on at least a portion of the message content, wherein the joint message is configured to allow a receiver to configure itself in response to receipt of the joint message according to the presently selected at least one of the transmission characteristics to allow the receiver to receive the message content of the joint message. - View Dependent Claims (49)
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