Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bluetooth(™) low-energy scanning and ranging
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Application No.: US15943602Application Date: 2018-04-02
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Publication No.: US10660037B2Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Sriram Hariharan , Venkatesh Rajendran , Alon Paycher , Michael Jason Giles
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin and Goetzel PC
- Agent Jeffrey C. Hood
- Main IPC: H04W52/02
- IPC: H04W52/02 ; H04W8/00 ; H04W4/02 ; H04W4/80 ; H04W88/06

Abstract:
A first device may communicate via a first wireless interface (WI) and a second WI, with the second WI operating at a relatively higher power level than the first WI. The first device may receive a scan notification corresponding to wireless scanning performed by a second device. The first device may subsequently perform wireless scanning using the second WI in response to the scan notification indicating that the first device is within effective communication range of a third device. The first device may receive the scan notification over a wireless connection established between the first device and the second device using the first WI. The first device may transmit filter information to the second device, the filter information indicating when, and for which scans the first device is to receive scan notifications. The first device may also activate the second WI and use the second WI to perform ranging and/or control operations associated with the third device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180338286A1 BLUETOOTH™ Low-Energy Scanning and Ranging Public/Granted day:2018-11-22
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