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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2006
Mary M Madine, Tempe, AZ (US);
Colin G. Dunlop, Queen Creek, AZ (US);
Joseph C. Sligo, Chandler, AZ (US);
Mary M Madine, Tempe, AZ (US);
Colin G. Dunlop, Queen Creek, AZ (US);
Joseph C. Sligo, Chandler, AZ (US);
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Abstract
A power control device (), for use with a WPAN host device (), and a method () for supporting seamless mobility in transferring content between a WPAN-enabled device and the host device, such as between a Bluetooth-enabled information source and a Bluetooth-enabled host device. The host device includes a WPAN module (), an on/off control module () and the power control device or module (). The power control module () includes a power source () for powering a controller () that instructs the on/off control module to turn on the host device if the host device is turned off and if a WPAN information source has a WPAN master/slave relationship with the host device. The controller also can instruct the on/off control module to turn off the host device if the WPAN information source no longer has a WPAN master/slave relationship with the host device.