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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2011
Applicants:

Zhaojun Cheng, British Columbia, CA;

Khaled A. Obeldat, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Mark Corbridge, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Cheng-jung Lee, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Zhaojun Cheng, British Columbia, CA;

Khaled A. Obeldat, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Mark Corbridge, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Cheng-Jung Lee, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H03C 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and systems for selecting one of a plurality of antennas to be used as a transmit antenna based on an orientation of a user device are described. A user device determines an orientation of the user device, and selects one of multiple antennas to use as a first transmit antenna based on the orientation of the user device. The user device transmits information using the first transmit antenna.


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