| US 7,539,508 B2 | ||
| Reducing idle power consumption in a networked battery operated device | ||
| Paramvir Bahl, Sammamish, Wash. (US); Eugene Shih, Seattle, Wash. (US); and Michael J. Sinclair, Kirkland, Wash. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 15, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/376,388. | ||
| Application 11/376388 is a division of application No. 10/124737, filed on Apr. 17, 2002, granted, now 7,230,933. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0160559 A1, Jul. 20, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04B 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—522 [455/13.4; 455/127.1; 455/343.1; 455/556.1; 455/574; 370/338; 713/320] | 13 Claims |
| 1. A method for communicating with a wireless computing device over a network comprising a secondary communication channel,
the secondary communication channel being a radio frequency channel operable by the wireless computing device and requiring
less power usage by the wireless computing device than a two-way primary communication channel also operable by the wireless
computing device, the method comprising:
requesting, by a requesting device, a notification of the presence of a low power transceiver operating upon the wireless
computing device;
receiving, by the requesting device, a notification of the presence of a low power transceiver operating upon the wireless
computing device;
sending, by the requesting device, a wakeup request, via the secondary communication channel, requesting activation of the
wireless computing device from a low power state, in which the wireless computing device does not communicate over the two-way
primary communication channel, to a high power state, in which the wireless computing device communicates over the primary
communication channel; and
communicating, by the requesting device, with the wireless computing device over the two-way primary communication channel,
after sending the wakeup request.
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