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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:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/24 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for enabling proximity operations with long-range wireless communication interfaces are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, a method may include transmitting a plurality of data packets using a WiFi interface of a first device, where each data packet has a signal strength following a predetermined pattern; and receiving an indication, via the WiFi interface, of whether the predetermined pattern has been identified by a second device.