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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2009
John W. Mccorkle, Vienna, VA (US);
John W. McCorkle, Vienna, VA (US);
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for enabling a device function at a local device based on distance information, comprising: establishing a communication link with a remote device over a UWB medium using a multiple access protocol; determining a distance between the local device and the remote device; and controlling a device function for the remote device based on the determined distance, wherein the operation of controlling the device function enables the device function when the determined distance is below a set distance threshold, and wherein the operation of controlling the device function disables the device function when the determined distance is above the set distance threshold.