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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2004
Jason Hillyard, San Diego, CA (US);
Jaku Jose, San Diego, CA (US);
Jason Hillyard, San Diego, CA (US);
Jaku Jose, San Diego, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for controlling a personal area network access device are disclosed herein. Aspects of the method may comprise receiving an application event associated with a particular application running on a complex Bluetooth® device that is running a plurality of simultaneous applications, and determining whether a low power mode is allowed by the particular application running on the complex Bluetooth® device. If the low power mode is allowed by the particular application running on the complex Bluetooth® device, the complex Bluetooth® device running the particular application may be configured to operate utilizing the allowed low power mode. The allowed low power mode may be switched by the complex Bluetooth® device based on the application event. An active mode may be switched from a current mode prior to switching to the allowed power mode based on the application event.