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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:
Sep. 03, 2013

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2007
Applicants:

Ansaf I. Alrabady, Livonia, MI (US);

Fred W. Huntzicker, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Michael Jay Abowd, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Karin L. Turski, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Inventors:

Ansaf I. Alrabady, Livonia, MI (US);

Fred W. Huntzicker, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Michael Jay Abowd, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Karin L. Turski, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

There is provided a method and system for facilitating communications between a remote access point and a mobile platform during a shutdown period. The mobile platform is equipped with a first receiver and a wireless communications receiver. A wake-up signal is wirelessly transmitted from a remote wireless device to the first receiver of the mobile platform. The communications receiver is activated based upon the wake-up signal. The remote access point is controlled to communicate with the communications receiver subsequent to the activation of the communications receiver.


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