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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
May. 18, 1999
Peter H. Plocher, Duluth, GA (US);
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A communication system which uses a multi-mode transmitter to communicate in a serial fashion with first and second wireless devices. The system includes a transmitter, a first transmitter control circuit which allows the transmitter to communicate with a first communication device, a second transmitter control circuit which allows the transmitter to communicate with a second communication device, a first receiver circuit which receives signals from the first communication device, a second receiver circuit which receives signals from the communication device, and a switch circuit. In one embodiment, the system additionally includes a controller coupled to the first and second receiver circuits which causes the switch circuit to select the first transmitter control circuit during a first time period and the second transmitter control circuit during a second time period different than the first time period.