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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2023
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Domenico Ficara, Chemin de la sue, CH;
Amine Choukir, Lausanne, CH;
Pascal Thubert, Roquefort-les-Pins, FR;
Leo Caldarola, Morrens, CH;
Mathieu Monney, Bussigny, CH;
Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Arun G. Khanna, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/00 (2016.01); H02J 50/20 (2016.01); H02J 50/30 (2016.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/0027 (2013.01); H02J 50/30 (2016.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H02J 50/001 (2020.01); H02J 50/20 (2016.02);
Abstract
A backscatter communication device assistant may be provided. A computing device may designate a client device as a backscatter communication device assistant. Next, a report indicating a location of a backscatter communication device may be received from the backscatter communication device assistant. Then the backscatter communication device may be caused to receive energy. Data originating from the backscatter communication device may then be received.