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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Thomas Kuehnel, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory Scott, Seattle, WA (US);
John D. Bruner, Bellevue, WA (US);
Shai Guday, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for offloading control of services in a mobile device to a non-cellular wireless network, such as Wi-Fi. The described system and method allow the overall connection management to be performed by an application processor, while services are handled in a modem using Wi-Fi connectivity. The Wi-Fi subsystem can be fully driven by the modem for time critical operations allowing the application processor to be off (or in low-power mode) when it is not involved in the delivery of services. Battery power is saved by being able to substantially power down the application processor.