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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2009
Xiangyu Wang, Eindhoven, NL;
Johan Paul Marie Gerard Linnartz, Eindhoven, NL;
Patrick Van Kooten, Hurstville Grove, AU;
Xiangyu Wang, Eindhoven, NL;
Johan Paul Marie Gerard Linnartz, Eindhoven, NL;
Patrick Van Kooten, Hurstville Grove, AU;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system comprising at least one primary station and at least one secondary station, wherein the primary station comprises communication means for communicating with the secondary station in accordance with a first protocol, wherein the communication means are arranged for communicating with a plurality of further stations in accordance with a further protocol, and wherein the primary station comprises control means for generating a message to be broadcast to the secondary station, said message comprising purposely erroneous information causing the at least one secondary station to remain silent for a predetermined duration.