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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1999
Andrew S. Lundholm, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Chris Grivas, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Jeffrey T. Curtis, Lake Villa, IL (US);
Julius S. Gyorfi, Lake Bluff, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A wireless communication device ( ) includes a radio frequency transceiver ( ) adapted for burst transmission responsive to a control signal in accordance with at least one communication protocol and an infrared transceiver ( ) adapted for asynchronous data communication in coordination. The infrared transceiver ( ) is responsive to the control signal to suspend an ongoing data communication for the duration of the burst transmission and to resume the data communication following the burst transmission. A controller ( ) is coupled to each of the radio frequency communication module ( ) and the infrared communication module ( ), and the controller ( ) is operable to generate the control signal in accordance with the at least one communication protocol.