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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2006
Applicants:
Bruce Collins, San Diego, CA (US);
Shusheel Gautam, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Bruce Collins, San Diego, CA (US);
Shusheel Gautam, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04H 40/18 (2008.01); H04B 1/16 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 40/18 (2013.01); H04B 1/1615 (2013.01); H04W 52/0229 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a method and system for determining sleep periods within a communications device configured to communicate via a network. The method includes analyzing at least one of two or more data fields related to a data unit and determining device sleep periods based upon the analysis. The analysis includes determining whether or not particular MediaFLO Logical Channel data (MLC) is present within an overhead information symbols channel. If MLC data is not present, the device sleeps for a predetermined amount of time.