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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2010
Applicants:
Anthony J. Cowan, Ocala, FL (US);
Patrick Kung Mong Tse, Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Anthony J. Cowan, Ocala, FL (US);
Patrick Kung Mong Tse, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 17/02 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0216 (2013.01);
Abstract
Controlling a power state of a communications device includes: receiving over a network at a communications device in a low-power mode from a scheduling device an assignment of a power state schedule indicating one or more intervals to enter an active state period and one or more intervals to enter a sleep state period; and during an active state period at the communications device, receiving over the network from a second communications device aware of the power state schedule a request that the communications device exit the low-power mode.