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Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2016
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Nikhil Jain, San Diego, CA (US);

Hiren Bhagatwala, San Diego, CA (US);

Dave Huntingford, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0254 (2013.01); H04W 4/027 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are techniques for reducing power consumption of an electronic tracking device. The electronic tracking device includes a wireless communication subsystem and an always-on low-power sensor for sensing the motions of the electronic tracking device. A controller of the electronic tracking device controls the operations of the wireless communication subsystem based on the detection signals from the always-on low-power sensor such that the wireless communication subsystem is only activated when motions of the electronic tracking device have stopped for a threshold period of time, or when a query from a server is received when the wireless communication subsystem is in a standby mode.


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