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Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2004
Applicants:

Jason Hillyard, San Diego, CA (US);

Jaku Jose, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jason Hillyard, San Diego, CA (US);

Jaku Jose, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 52/28 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0251 (2013.01); H04W 52/288 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
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.


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