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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2013
Applicant:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Paul W. Garnett, Albany, NY (US);
Trenholme J. Griffin, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Amer A. Hassan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Paul W. A. Mitchell, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 52/14 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04W 52/28 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/0215 (2013.01); H04W 52/146 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04W 72/02 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 52/283 (2013.01);
Abstract
The concepts relate to radio channel utilization. One example can monitor a location of a mobile device that has both a first type of wireless capabilities and a second type of wireless capabilities. The example can determine a distance from the location of the mobile device to a location of a wireless device. The example can cause data to be transmitted from the mobile device to the wireless device at a power level based upon the distance.