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Remotely waking a sleeping device using a wake configuration file

  • US 9,250,685 B2
  • Filed: 11/05/2012
  • Issued: 02/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • determining that a device should enter a sleep mode;

    transmitting, in response to determining that the device should enter the sleep mode, a sleep mode configuration request to a remote computing device;

    receiving, from the remote computing device, a wake configuration file identifying a first frequency and a predetermined change in a signal characteristic, wherein the predetermined change comprises at least a change in a number of Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) points received on the first frequency;

    setting a component of the device to the first frequency;

    configuring the component to detect the predetermined change in the signal characteristic;

    detecting, by the component, the predetermined change in the signal characteristic; and

    waking the device from the sleep mode in response to detecting the predetermined change in the signal characteristic.

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