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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
May. 01, 2019
Keystone Integrations Llc, Plymouth, MN (US);
David Lieberman, Independence, MN (US);
Robert Turgeon, Plymouth, MN (US);
Byron Tietjen, Baldwinsville, NY (US);
Greg Gardella, Naples, FL (US);
Keystone Integrations LLC, Plymouth, MN (US);
Abstract
A dual-mode controller may include a communication interface between a handheld electronic device and subsystems on a computing bus or network. The dual-mode controller may operate in a 'master mode' when a user directly manipulates the dual-mode controller to communicate with any subsystem(s). In this mode, the dual-mode controller may serve as a master controller and accesses and controls various subsystems on the bus or network (such as location positioning subsystems, satellite communication subsystems, emergency rescue beacon subsystems, sensors and transducers) as a master controller. In a slave mode, the interface may act as an adapter or interface between the handheld device and the subsystems.