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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
May. 28, 2014
Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Lih-Feng Tsaur, San Diego, CA (US);
Angel Polo, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Chikan Kwan, San Diego, CA (US);
Erik John Rivard, San Diego, CA (US);
Arthur Jin, San Diego, CA (US);
Xin Tian, San Diego, CA (US);
Chaojing Sun, San Diego, CA (US);
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A monitoring device may monitor its proximity to a monitored station. The monitored station may transmit a proximity indicator to the monitoring device. For example, the proximity indicator may include the received signal strength of a signal sent by the monitored station. Wireless interface control circuitry at the monitoring device may monitor the status of the proximity indicator for changes. If one or more criteria set by an application processor are met by a detected change, the wireless interface control circuitry may send a status update to the application processor. In the criteria are not met, generation of the status update may be forgone. The application processor need not monitor the proximity indicator status and may remain in a reduced power consumption mode for longer periods.