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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2014
Intel Ip Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Carlos Cordeiro, Portland, OR (US);
Robert Stacey, Portland, OR (US);
Emily H. Qi, Camas, WA (US);
David J. McCall, Dallas, TX (US);
Po-Kai Huang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Robert D. Hughes, Tualatin, OR (US);
Intel IP Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for leveraging Bluetooth (BT) or Bluetooth low energy (BLE) technologies to conserve energy in multi-mode devices. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to synchronizing a first wireless platform with a second wireless platform by exchanging Wi-Fi synchronization information through BT packets. Each of the first and the second wireless platforms may have integrated Wi-Fi (or other communication modalities) with a BT radio. In one embodiment of the disclosure, the Wi-Fi communication modes are kept at sleep mode while the BT modalities exchange synchronization information.