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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2010
Abtin Keshavarzian, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lakshmi Venkatraman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dhananjay Lal, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Arati Manjeshwar, Bangalore, IN;
Bhaskar Srinivasan, Tucson, AZ (US);
Abtin Keshavarzian, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lakshmi Venkatraman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dhananjay Lal, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Arati Manjeshwar, Bangalore, IN;
Bhaskar Srinivasan, Tucson, AZ (US);
Other;
Abstract
A system and method for operating a wireless network provides for sending a wakeup tone, periodically waking up from a sleep mode to listen for the wakeup tone, upon receiving the wakeup tone, listening for at least one second tone, the at least one second tone being one of (i) a tone in a frequency different from the wakeup tone and (ii) a pattern of tones including at least one frequency different from the wakeup tone, and upon receiving the at least one second tone, performing an action based on the at least one second tone.