Systems and/or methods of data acquisition from a transceiver
First Claim
1. A method of acquiring data from an entity;
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configuring the entity to wirelessly transmit information using frequencies of a predetermined frequency band responsive to receiving at the entity a first signal from a first device;
wirelessly transmitting the information from the entity using the frequencies of the predetermined frequency band responsive to said configuring and responsive to said wirelessly receiving at the entity the a first signal from the a first device that is external to the entity and at a distance from the entity;
triggering a second device that is external to the entity and at a distance from the entity and is also external to the first device and at a distance from the first device to wirelessly transmit a second signal responsive to said wirelessly transmitting the information from the entity; and
wirelessly transmitting data from the entity responsive to wirelessly receiving at the entity the second signal from the second device.
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Abstract
Systems and/or Methods are disclosed for acquiring data from a transceiver responsive to one or more signals that are received at the transceiver from one or more devices. In one embodiment, a transceiver is configured to transmit a signal responsive to having received a first signal from a first device, wherein the signal that is transmitted by the transceiver is configured to trigger a second device to transmit a second signal. The transceiver is further configured to transmit data responsive to having received the second signal that is transmitted by the second device. In other embodiments, a transceiver is configured to receive a signal from a first device over frequencies of a predetermined frequency band that the first device is authorized to use, to receive a signal from a second device over frequencies of the predetermined frequency band and to transmit data responsive to having received both the signal from the first device and the signal from the second device. The transceiver is further configured to require that both the signal from the first device and the signal from the second device be received at the transceiver before the data is transmitted. Analogous methods are also disclosed.
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56 Claims
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1. A method of acquiring data from an entity;
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configuring the entity to wirelessly transmit information using frequencies of a predetermined frequency band responsive to receiving at the entity a first signal from a first device; wirelessly transmitting the information from the entity using the frequencies of the predetermined frequency band responsive to said configuring and responsive to said wirelessly receiving at the entity the a first signal from the a first device that is external to the entity and at a distance from the entity; triggering a second device that is external to the entity and at a distance from the entity and is also external to the first device and at a distance from the first device to wirelessly transmit a second signal responsive to said wirelessly transmitting the information from the entity; and wirelessly transmitting data from the entity responsive to wirelessly receiving at the entity the second signal from the second device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A transceiver comprising:
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a system that is configured to wirelessly transmit information using frequencies of a predetermined frequency band responsive to having received a first signal from h first device;
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wherein the system is further configured to trigger a second device to transmit a second signal responsive to the system having received the first signal from the first device; and wherein the system is further configured to transmit data responsive to having received the second signal that is transmitted by the second device wirelessly transmitting information responsive to wirelessly receiving a first signal from a first device that is external to the system and at a distance from the system; triggering a second device that is external to the system and at a distance from the system and is also external to the first device and at a distance from the first device to wirelessly transmit a second signal responsive to said wirelessly transmitting the information; and wirelessly transmitting data responsive to receiving at the system the second signal from the second device. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A wireless communications method comprising:
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receiving a first signal at an entity from a first device over a short-range wireless link; transmitting data from the entity to a second device over a long-range link responsive to having received the first signal at the entity from the first device over the short-range wireless link; receiving a second signal at the entity from the second device over the long-range link; and exchanging data between the entity and the first device over the short-range wireless link, while refraining from exchanging data between the entity and the second device over the long-range link, responsive to having received the second signal at the entity from the second device over the long-range link. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A transceiver comprising:
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a system that is configured to receive a first signal from a first device over a short-range wireless link;
to transmit data to a second device over a long-range link responsive to having received the first signal from the first device over the short-range wireless link; and
to receive a second signal from the second device over the long-range link;wherein the system is further configured to exchange data with the first device over the short-range wireless link, and to refrain from exchanging data with the second device over the long-range link, responsive to having received the second signal from the second device over the long-range link. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A communications method comprising:
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configuring an entity to wirelessly communicate with a first device using frequencies of a cellular frequency band; configuring the entity to wirelessly communicate with a second device using frequencies of an unlicensed frequency band; configuring the entity to wirelessly receive information from the first device using frequencies of the cellular frequency band and to wirelessly relay the information that the entity receives from the first device to the second device by using frequencies of the unlicensed frequency band; and configuring the entity to wirelessly receive information from the second device over frequencies of the unlicensed frequency band and to wirelessly relay the information that the entity receives from the second device to the first device using frequencies of the cellular frequency band; wherein the entity is transportable and/or mobile; and wherein said configuring the entity to wirelessly communicate with a second device using frequencies of an unlicensed frequency band comprises; wirelessly receiving an activation message at the entity from the first device; configuring the entity to wirelessly communicate with the second device using frequencies of the unlicensed frequency band responsive to said wirelessly receiving an activation message at the entity from the first device; and refraining by the entity from wirelessly communicating with the second device by using frequencies of the unlicensed frequency band barring having received at the entity the activation message from the first device.
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24. A transceiver comprising a system that is configured to:
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wirelessly communicate with a first device using frequencies of a cellular frequency band; wirelessly communicate with a second device using frequencies of an unlicensed frequency band; wirelessly receive information from the first device over frequencies of the cellular frequency band and wirelessly relay the information that is received from the first device to the second device using frequencies of the unlicensed frequency band; and wirelessly receive information from the second device over frequencies of the unlicensed frequency band and wirelessly relay the information that is received from the second device to the first device using frequencies of the cellular frequency band; wherein the system is further configured to wirelessly communicate with the second device using frequencies of the unlicensed frequency band responsive to having received an activation message from the first device; wherein the system is further configured to refrain from wirelessly communicating with the second device by using frequencies of the unlicensed frequency band barring having received the activation message from the first device; and wherein the transceiver is transportable and/or mobile.
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25. A method of acquiring data from an entity, the method comprising:
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configuring the entity to wirelessly transmit information using frequencies of a predetermined frequency band responsive to receiving at the entity a first signal from a first device; transmitting the information from the entity using the frequencies of the predetermined frequency band responsive to said configuring and responsive to said receiving at the entity the first signal from the first device; triggering a second device to transmit a second signal responsive to said transmitting the information from the entity; and transmitting data from the entity responsive to receiving at the entity the second signal from the second device; wherein the predetermined frequency band comprises frequencies of an unlicensed frequency band; wherein said receiving at the entity a first signal from a first device comprises receiving at the entity the first signal from the first device over frequencies of a cellular frequency band; and wherein the entity is transportable and/or mobile. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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29. A transceiver comprising:
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a system that is configured to; wirelessly transmit information using frequencies of a predetermined frequency band responsive to having received a first signal from a first device; wherein the system is further configured to trigger a second device to transmit a second signal responsive to the system having received the first signal from the first device; and wherein the system is further configured to transmit data responsive to having received the second signal that is transmitted by the second device; wherein the system is configured to receive the first signal from the first device over frequencies of a cellular frequency band and to receive the second signal from the second device over frequencies of an unlicensed frequency band; wherein the transceiver is transportable and/or mobile. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of acquiring data from an entity, the method comprising:
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wirelessly receiving at the entity a first signal from a first device that is external to the entity, in motion relative to the entity and at a distance from the entity;
the first signal comprising an identity and a spatial coordinate;responsive to said wirelessly receiving at the entity the first signal from the first device, triggering the entity to wirelessly transmit a second signal intended for the first device so that only the first device will respond upon wirelessly receiving said second signal and will transmit a third signal for the entity so that only the entity will respond upon wirelessly receiving said third signal; and responding by the entity responsive to wirelessly receiving at the entity said third signal. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A system that is configured to perform operations comprising:
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wirelessly receiving a first signal from a first device that is external to the system, in motion relative to the system and at a distance from the system;
the first signal comprising an identity and a spatial coordinate;responsive to said wirelessly receiving the first signal from the first device, triggering the system to wirelessly transmit a second signal intended for the first device so that only the first device will respond upon wirelessly receiving said second signal and will transmit a third signal for the system so that only the system will respond upon wirelessly receiving said third signal; and responding by the system responsive to wirelessly receiving at the system said third signal. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method of acquiring data, the method comprising:
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responsive to wirelessly receiving a first signal, wirelessly transmitting a first transmission to a first device and conveying first data via said wirelessly transmitting the first transmission to the first device; and
thenrefraining, over a predetermined time interval following said wirelessly transmitting the first transmission to the first device and conveying first data via said wirelessly transmitting the first transmission to the first device, from transmitting a second transmission to the first device, even though said transmitting the second transmission to the first device would have taken place absent said wirelessly transmitting the first transmission to the first device and absent having conveyed said first data via said wirelessly transmitting the first transmission to the first device. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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45. A system that is configured to perform operations comprising:
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responsive to wirelessly receiving a first signal, wirelessly transmitting a first transmission to a first device and conveying first data via said wirelessly transmitting the first transmission to the first device; and responsive to said wirelessly transmitting the first transmission to the first device and conveying first data via said wirelessly transmitting the first transmission to the first device, refraining over a predetermined time interval following said wirelessly transmitting the first transmission to the first device and conveying first data via said wirelessly transmitting the first transmission to the first device, from transmitting a second transmission to the first device, even though said transmitting the second transmission to the first device would have taken place absent said wirelessly transmitting the first transmission to the first device and conveying first data via said wirelessly transmitting the first transmission to the first device. - View Dependent Claims (46)
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47. A method of acquiring data from a transponder by using an interrogator, the method comprising:
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wirelessly transmitting and receiving by the interrogator using a Time Division Duplex Multiplexing approach; wirelessly transmitting, by the interrogator, a plurality of interrogations comprising a periodic sequence of interrogations and a time separation between successive interrogations of less than 0.5 seconds; responsive to wirelessly transmitting by the interrogator a first interrogation of said plurality of interrogations, wirelessly receiving by the interrogator a data packet from the transponder, wherein the data packet comprises an identification field that is uniquely associated with the transponder, information that is provided to the transponder via a wireless transmission thereto from a device external to the transponder and a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) field, wherein wirelessly receiving the data packet comprises; wirelessly receiving by the interrogator said identification field that is uniquely associated with the transponder; following wirelessly receiving by the interrogator said identification field that is uniquely associated with the transponder, wirelessly receiving by the interrogator said information that is provided to the transponder via a wireless transmission thereto from a device external to the transponder; and following wirelessly receiving by the interrogator said information that is provided to the transponder via a wireless transmission thereto from a device external to the transponder, wirelessly receiving by the interrogator said CRC field; processing by the interrogator said identification field that is uniquely associated with the transponder; processing by the interrogator said information that is provided to the transponder via a wireless transmission thereto from a device external to the transponder; and processing by the interrogator said CRC field; wherein the interrogator is configured to perform operations while being in motion relative to the transponder and while the interrogator is positioned at a predetermined location proximate to a highway. - View Dependent Claims (48)
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49. A method of providing data by a transponder to an interrogator, the method comprising:
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wirelessly receiving and transmitting by the transponder using a Time Division Duplex Multiplexing approach; wirelessly receiving by the transponder, a plurality of interrogations from the interrogator comprising a periodic sequence of interrogations and a time separation between successive interrogations of less than 0.5 seconds; triggering the transponder, responsive to receiving an interrogation of said plurality of interrogations, to wirelessly transmit a data packet, the data packet comprising an identification field that is uniquely associated with the transponder, followed by information that is provided to the transponder via a wireless transmission thereto from a device external to the transponder and then, followed by a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) field; and wirelessly transmitting by the transponder the identification field that is uniquely associated with the transponder, followed by wirelessly transmitting by the transponder said information that is provided to the transponder via a wireless transmission thereto from a device external to the transponder and then, followed by wirelessly transmitting by the transponder said CRC field; wherein the transponder is configured to perform operations while being in motion relative to the interrogator and while the transponder is positioned in a motor vehicle.
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50. A method of acquiring data from a transponder by using an interrogator, the method comprising:
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wirelessly transmitting and receiving by the interrogator using a Time Division Duplex Multiplexing approach; wirelessly transmitting and receiving by the transponder using a Time Division Duplex Multiplexing approach; wirelessly transmitting by the interrogator, a plurality of interrogations comprising a periodic sequence of interrogations and a time separation between successive interrogations of less than 0.5 seconds; wirelessly receiving by the transponder, the plurality of interrogations from the interrogator comprising the periodic sequence of interrogations and the time separation between successive interrogations of less than 0.5 seconds; triggering by a first interrogation, of said periodic sequence of interrogations, the transponder to wirelessly transmit a signal so that said signal that is transmitted wirelessly by the transponder is received wirelessly by the interrogator; wirelessly transmitting by the transponder said signal comprising a data packet, the data packet comprising an identification field that is uniquely associated with the transponder, followed by information that is provided to the transponder via a wireless transmission thereto from a device external to the transponder and then, followed by a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) field; and wirelessly receiving by the interrogator said signal transmitted by the transponder comprising said data packet; wherein the interrogator is configured to perform operations while being in motion relative to the transponder and while the interrogator is positioned at a predetermined location proximate to a highway; and wherein the transponder is configured to perform operations while being in motion relative to the interrogator and while the transponder is positioned in a motor vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (51)
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52. A system of acquiring data from a transponder by using an interrogator, the system comprising the interrogator and the transponder and configured to perform operations comprising:
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wirelessly transmitting and receiving by the interrogator using a Time Division Duplex Multiplexing approach; wirelessly transmitting, by the interrogator, a plurality of interrogations comprising a periodic sequence of interrogations and a time separation between successive interrogations of less than 0.5 seconds; responsive to wirelessly transmitting by the interrogator a first interrogation of said plurality of interrogations, wirelessly receiving by the interrogator a data packet from the transponder, wherein the data packet comprises an identification field that is uniquely associated with the transponder, information that is provided to the transponder via a wireless transmission thereto from a device external to the transponder and a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) field, wherein wirelessly receiving by the interrogator the data packet comprises; wirelessly receiving by the interrogator said identification field that is uniquely associated with the transponder; following said wirelessly receiving by the interrogator said identification field that is uniquely associated with the transponder, wirelessly receiving by the interrogator said information that is provided to the transponder via a wireless transmission thereto from a device external to the transponder; and following wirelessly receiving by the interrogator said information that is provided to the transponder via a wireless transmission thereto from a device external to the transponder, wirelessly receiving by the interrogator said CRC field; processing by the interrogator said identification field that is uniquely associated with the transponder; processing by the interrogator said information that is provided to the transponder via a wireless transmission thereto from a device external to the transponder; and processing by the interrogator said CRC field; wherein the interrogator is configured to perform operations while being in motion relative to the transponder and while the interrogator is positioned at a predetermined location proximate to a highway. - View Dependent Claims (53)
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54. A system of providing data by a transponder to an interrogator, the system comprising the interrogator and the transponder and configured to perform operations comprising:
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wirelessly receiving and transmitting by the transponder using a Time Division Duplex Multiplexing approach; wirelessly receiving by the transponder, a plurality of interrogations from the interrogator comprising a periodic sequence of interrogations and a time separation between successive interrogations of less than 0.5 seconds; triggering the transponder, by an interrogation of said plurality of interrogations, to wirelessly transmit a data packet, the data packet comprising an identification field that is uniquely associated with the transponder, followed by information that is provided to the transponder via a wireless transmission thereto from a device external to the transponder and then, followed by a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) field; and wirelessly transmitting by the transponder, the identification field that is uniquely associated with the transponder, followed by wirelessly transmitting by the transponder said information that is provided to the transponder via a wireless transmission thereto from a device external to the transponder and then, followed by wirelessly transmitting by the transponder said CRC field; wherein the transponder is configured to perform operations while being in motion relative to the interrogator and while the transponder is positioned in a motor vehicle.
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55. A system of acquiring data from a transponder by using an interrogator, the system comprising the interrogator and the transponder and configured to perform operations comprising:
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wirelessly transmitting and receiving by the interrogator using a Time Division Duplex Multiplexing approach; wirelessly transmitting and receiving by the transponder using a Time Division Duplex Multiplexing approach; wirelessly transmitting by the interrogator, a plurality of interrogations comprising a periodic sequence of interrogations and a time separation between successive interrogations of less than 0.5 seconds; wirelessly receiving by the transponder, the plurality of interrogations from the interrogator comprising the periodic sequence of interrogations and the time separation between successive interrogations of less than 0.5 seconds; triggering by a first interrogation, of said periodic sequence of interrogations, the transponder to wirelessly transmit a signal so that said signal that is transmitted wirelessly by the transponder is received wirelessly by the interrogator; transmitting by the transponder said signal wirelessly comprising a data packet, the data packet comprising an identification field that is uniquely associated with the transponder, followed by information that is provided to the transponder via a wireless transmission thereto from a device external to the transponder and then, followed by a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) field; and wirelessly receiving by the interrogator said signal transmitted by the transponder comprising said data packet; wherein the interrogator is configured to perform operations while being in motion relative to the transponder and while the interrogator is positioned at a predetermined location proximate to a highway; and wherein the transponder is configured to perform operations while being in motion relative to the interrogator and while the transponder is positioned in a motor vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (56)
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