Adaptive digital RF communication in a cordless telephone
    1.
    发明授权
    Adaptive digital RF communication in a cordless telephone 有权
    无绳电话中的自适应数字RF通信

    公开(公告)号:US06690941B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-02-10

    申请号:US09419483

    申请日:1999-10-15

    IPC分类号: H04Q720

    CPC分类号: H04M1/72502 H04M1/57

    摘要: A method of transmitting digital data between a base unit and a handset of a cordless telephone includes the step of transmitting a frame including a speech data portion, and a non-speech data portion. In one particular example, the size of the speech data portion and the size of the non-speech data portion are variable. In an alternative embodiment, a cordless telephone includes a base unit, including a codec adapted to convert analog speech data from a far end party to digital samples, a variable encoder adapted to encode the digital samples, and a transceiver adapted to transmit and receive encoded digital samples. The cordless telephone also includes a handset, including a transceiver adapted to transmit and receive encoded digital samples, a controller adapted to act on non-speech data, and a transducer adapted to be responsive to speech data. According to this embodiment, the variable encoder is adapted to encode a speech data portion of a frame based upon a non-speech data portion of the frame. In another alternative embodiment, a frame structure for digital RF communications between a base unit and a handset of a cordless telephone includes a speech data portion, and a non-speech data portion. In one particular example a size of the speech data portion and a size of the non-speech data portion are variable.

    摘要翻译: 在无绳电话的基本单元和手机之间发送数字数据的方法包括发送包括语音数据部分和非语音数据部分的帧的步骤。 在一个特定示例中,语音数据部分的大小和非语音数据部分的大小是可变的。 在替代实施例中,无绳电话包括基本单元,其包括适于将来自远端方的模拟语音数据转换为数字样本的编解码器,适于对数字样本进行编码的可变编码器以及适于发送和接收编码的收发器 数字样品。 无绳电话还包括手机,包括适于发送和接收编码数字样本的收发器,适用于非语音数据的控制器以及适于响应于语音数据的换能器。 根据该实施例,可变编码器适于基于帧的非语音数据部分对帧的语音数据部分进行编码。 在另一替代实施例中,用于无绳电话的基本单元和手机之间的数字RF通信的帧结构包括语音数据部分和非语音数据部分。 在一个特定示例中,语音数据部分的大小和非语音数据部分的大小是可变的。

    Real-time slow drift correction of alignment of handset's local oscillator for cordless telephone
    2.
    发明授权
    Real-time slow drift correction of alignment of handset's local oscillator for cordless telephone 失效
    用于无绳电话的手机本地振荡器对准的实时慢漂移校正

    公开(公告)号:US06650874B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-11-18

    申请号:US09447286

    申请日:1999-11-23

    IPC分类号: H04B100

    摘要: A method and apparatus to perform a real-time drift correction of a remote handset's local oscillator in a digital cordless telephone. The remote handset begins in a standby (sniff) mode. The remote handset periodically wakes from a sleep mode and goes into a normal link verification mode. Once in the link verification mode, the remote handset enters a time division duplexing (TDD) mode and attempts to establish a link with a base unit based on the timing of the TDD data frame. After the remote handset establishes a link with the base unit, the remote handset requests a security word from the base unit. Upon receiving the requested security word, the remote handset determines if the requested security word matches a security word of the remote handset. The remote handset implements a software frequency adjustment of its local oscillator. Once per frame, the remote handset enters a timing recovery state where the current state of the frame is compared with a previous state. When the cumulative timing slip is greater than a designated threshold, a frequency adjustment is made. During this exchange of commands between the remote handset and base unit, the remote handset continuously adjusts its local oscillator to achieve frequency alignment within, e.g., 1 part per million (ppm). Alternatively, frequency alignment may be achieved to a specified value.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在数字无绳电话中执行远程手机的本地振荡器的实时漂移校正的方法和装置。 远程手机开始处于待机(嗅探)模式。 远程手机周期性地从休眠模式唤醒并进入正常的链路验证模式。 一旦处于链路验证模式,远程手机进入时分双工(TDD)模式,并尝试基于TDD数据帧的定时建立与基本单元的链路。 在远程手机与基本单元建立链接之后,远程手机从基本单元请求安全字。 在接收到所请求的安全字时,远程手机确定所请求的安全字是否与远程手机的安全字匹配。 远程手机实现其本地振荡器的软件频率调整。 每帧一次,远程手机进入定时恢复状态,其中帧的当前状态与先前状态进行比较。 当累积定时滑差大于指定的阈值时,进行频率调整。 在远程手机和基站单元之间的这种命令交换期间,远程手持机连续地调整其本地振荡器以实现例如百万分之一(ppm)内的频率对准。 或者,可以将频率对准实现为指定值。

    System and method for switching between audio sources
    3.
    发明授权
    System and method for switching between audio sources 有权
    用于在音频源之间切换的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08086287B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-12-27

    申请号:US09767839

    申请日:2001-01-24

    IPC分类号: H04M1/00

    摘要: A system and method is provided for monitoring a plurality of audio sources and switching from one to another of the audio sources in accordance with a stored program. An audio output device receives a signal from each of the portable electronic devices and selectively switches the contents of its output according to at least one preprogrammed user preference. The audio output device also automatically communicates with transceiver modules connected to local information systems, for example within a vehicle, office or shopping center. Based on programs stored in a storage device connected to the headset, the local information sources may be monitored and selected to interrupt other audio sources received by the headset when desired.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种系统和方法,用于根据存储的程序来监视多个音频源并从一个音频源切换到另一个音频源。 音频输出设备从每个便携式电子设备接收信号,并且根据至少一个预编程的用户偏好来选择性地切换其输出的内容。 音频输出设备还自动与连接到本地信息系统的收发器模块进行通信,例如在车辆,办公室或购物中心内。 基于存储在连接到耳机的存储设备中的程序,可以监视和选择本地信息源以在需要时中断由耳机接收的其它音频源。

    Application usage time limiter
    5.
    发明授权
    Application usage time limiter 有权
    应用使用时间限制器

    公开(公告)号:US06678824B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-01-13

    申请号:US09432119

    申请日:1999-11-02

    IPC分类号: H04L932

    摘要: An application usage time limiter monitors certain pre-configured application programs when opened or otherwise executed on a computer (e.g. a PC). The application usage time limiter is itself a program running either as a front end to various selected programs for monitoring, or as a separate program running in a time-sharing operating system environment. Pre-configurable options in a usage limiter configuration file or other memory area are set to limit real time ranges that particular application programs on a particular computer can be started and run, and a limit to a length of time that a specific program (or category of programs-an be operated given a number of available credits for a current user. The user is given credits at a pre-configured rate per hour of usage of an application program designated in the usage limiter configuration file as being beneficial, and the user gives back (or looses) credits at a pre-configured rate per hour of usage for use of programs designated as non-beneficial. Preferably, continued usage of beneficial programs is detected, e.g., by keystrokes. Application programs selected for monitoring in the usage limiter configuration file can be identified on an application by application basis, as a specific category of applications identifiable when the particular application is started, or as being stored in a specific directory (e.g., folder in a Windows™ operating system). A credit-giving (i.e., beneficial program) must be run by a particular user to earn credits before a credit-taking (i.e., non-beneficial program) can be run by that user. Up front credits may be provided to a particular user in a user log.

    摘要翻译: 应用使用时间限制器在计算机(例如PC)上打开或以其他方式执行时监视某些预配置的应用程序。 应用程序使用时间限制器本身是作为前端执行到各种所选程序进行监视的程序,或作为在分时操作系统环境中运行的单独程序。 使用限制器配置文件或其他内存区域中的可配置选项被设置为限制特定计算机上的特定应用程序可以启动和运行的实时范围,并限制特定程序(或类别)的时间长度 的程序 - 为当前用户提供多个可用信用,给予用户以预定的使用限制器配置文件中指定的应用程序的每小时的使用率为有益的信用,并且用户 使用指定为非有益的程序,以每小时使用的预先配置的速率回放(或丢失)信用。优选地,例如通过按键来检测有益程序的持续使用。选择用于在使用中进行监视的应用程序 限制器配置文件可以在应用程序的基础上识别,作为特定应用程序启动时可识别的特定应用类别,或者作为存储 在特定目录(例如,Windows TM操作系统中的文件夹)中编辑。 授信(即有益的计划)必须由特定用户运行,以在信用(即无益程序)可以由该用户运行之前赚取积分。 可以在用户日志中向特定用户提供前置积分。

    Channel selection and clarity improvement for digital cordless telephones operating in an overlapped range
    6.
    发明授权
    Channel selection and clarity improvement for digital cordless telephones operating in an overlapped range 有权
    在重叠范围内工作的数字无绳电话的频道选择和清晰度提升

    公开(公告)号:US06498935B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-12-24

    申请号:US09293850

    申请日:1999-04-19

    IPC分类号: H04Q720

    CPC分类号: H04W16/16

    摘要: When a plurality of cordless telephones (e.g., digital cordless telephones) are used within range of one another, base units of one or more of the digital cordless telephones may receive transmissions from others of the digital cordless telephones. Conventionally, the base unit would simply ignore information relating to that received from an unintended remote handset, i.e., a remote handset having a security code which fails to match that of the receiving base unit. However, in accordance with the principles of the present invention, information regarding the unique security code received with respect to other remote handsets (i.e., those having security codes which do not match that of the receiving base unit), are logged and used in a way which provides a unique best available channel list to each of the digital cordless telephones so that similar digital cordless telephones operating in a similar environment do not attempt selection of channels in a similar way (causing channel inclarity and/or interference). In a first embodiment, the list of best available channels is randomized based on the unique security code of the relevant digital cordless telephone. In a second embodiment, the list of best available channels is randomized only when another digital cordless telephone becomes within transmission range of the relevant digital cordless telephone. In a third embodiment, a list of best available channels is uniquely indexed for each digital cordless telephone based on a ranking of the digital cordless telephones within transmission range of one another. For instance, the highest ranking digital telephone in an environment with three digital cordless telephones attempts use of, preferably in order, the 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th, etc. channels.

    摘要翻译: 当在彼此的范围内使用多个无绳电话(例如,数字无绳电话)时,一个或多个数字无绳电话的基本单元可以接收来自数字无绳电话中的其他人的传输。 通常,基本单元将简单地忽略与从非预期的远程手机(即,具有不匹配接收基站单元的安全码的远程手机)接收到的信息有关的信息。 然而,根据本发明的原理,关于与其他远程手机(即,具有与接收基站单元不匹配的安全代码的那些)相关的唯一安全密码的信息被记录并使用在 为每个数字无绳电话提供独特的最佳可用频道列表,使得在类似环境中操作的类似数字无绳电话不以类似的方式尝试选择频道(导致频道内容和/或干扰)。 在第一实施例中,基于相关数字无绳电话的唯一安全码,将最佳可用频道的列表随机化。 在第二实施例中,只有当另一数字无绳电话变成相关数字无绳电话的传输范围内时,最佳可用频道的列表是随机化的。 在第三实施例中,基于数字无绳电话在彼此的传输范围内的等级,为每个数字无绳电话唯一索引最佳可用信道的列表。 例如,在具有三个数字无绳电话的环境中的最高等级的数字电话尝试优选地使用第一,第四,第七,第十等等频道。

    Low power consumption quick charge for wireless device
    7.
    发明授权
    Low power consumption quick charge for wireless device 有权
    无线设备低功耗快速充电

    公开(公告)号:US06445936B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-09-03

    申请号:US09441078

    申请日:1999-11-16

    IPC分类号: H04Q720

    摘要: The current draw of a wireless device, e.g., a cordless telephone, is minimized for a cradled remote handset drawing power from an AC outlet. This allows a greater portion of the total current amperage provided by the AC to DC converter to be allowed to charge the battery in the remote unit, and reduces the overall maximum or peak value of the current draw of the wireless device. With an improved peak power budget, a smaller (and presumably less expensive) AC to DC adapter than otherwise necessary may be used to power the wireless device. In one aspect, sniff operations of the remote handset are disabled or otherwise suppressed while the remote handset is in the cradle of the base unit, e.g., receiving a quick charge or trickle charge to its battery. In a second aspect, sniff operations of the base unit are disabled or otherwise suppressed while the remote handset is in the cradle of the base unit. In a last aspect, the charging mode of the battery in the remote handset of a wireless device changes based on activity in the remote handset.

    摘要翻译: 无线设备(例如,无绳电话)的当前绘图被最小化,以便从一个交流电源插座中抽取电源的悬挂式远程手机。 这允许由AC至DC转换器提供的总电流安培数的更大部分被允许对远程单元中的电池充电,并且降低无线设备的电流消耗的总体最大值或峰值。 通过改进的峰值功率预算,可以使用比其他必要的更小(可能更便宜)的AC到DC适配器来为无线设备供电。 在一个方面,远程手持机的呼吸操作被禁用或以其它方式被抑制,而遥控手机位于基座的支架中,例如,接收到其电池的快速充电或涓流充电。 在第二方面,当远程手机位于基座的支架中时,基本单元的嗅探操作被禁用或以其它方式被抑制。 在最后一方面,无线设备的远程手机中的电池的充电模式基于远程手机中的活动而改变。

    Wireless piconet access to vehicle operational statistics
    8.
    发明授权
    Wireless piconet access to vehicle operational statistics 有权
    无线微微网访问车辆运行统计

    公开(公告)号:US06408232B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-06-18

    申请号:US09551553

    申请日:2000-04-18

    IPC分类号: G08G109

    CPC分类号: G08G1/017

    摘要: A wireless piconet transceiver is mounted in a vehicle, and a complementary fixed wireless piconet transceiver is mounted in a garage, service station, police squad car, etc., for communication with the vehicle when parked adjacent thereto. The vehicle establishes a temporary piconet network with the user's home piconet. Vehicle operational statistics are tracked and maintained in a centralized vehicle computer database. This database can be manipulated to store the data desired by the vehicle owner. Via a wireless piconet connection, this database can transmitted to another piconet device such as the owner's computer. This computer system can be part of a wireless piconet, such as Bluetooth, This provides the computer with the ability to communicate with external wireless devices such as a cell phone, PDA, computer, or a cordless telephone. This invention allows for the configuration, or selection of desired vehicle data to be tracked. This configuration can take place on the owner's home computer (or laptop) and consequently transmitted to the vehicle computer using a wireless piconet protocol, e.g., the Bluetooth protocol. Additionally, this configuration can be manipulated by a direct interface to the vehicle provided by the manufacturer. Exemplary vehicle statistics which may be tracked include, but are not limited to, miles per gallon, average miles per hour, maximum MPH, miles driven per trip, driving statistics based on time of day and/or on identified driver, rotations of the engine per minute (RPM), temperature of engine, fuel gauge level, oil pressure, tires, brakes, engine coolant, wiper fluid, global positioning satellite (GPS) system, and/or even compressed voice from inside car cockpit during operation of vehicle.

    摘要翻译: 无线微微网收发器安装在车辆中,并且互补的固定无线微微网收发器安装在车库,维修站,警察小汽车等中,用于在与其相邻时与车辆通信。 该车辆与用户的家庭微微网建立了一个临时微微网络。 在一个集中的车辆计算机数据库中跟踪和维护车辆操作统计数据。 该数据库可以被操纵以存储车主所需的数据。 通过无线微微网连接,该数据库可以传输到另一个微微网设备,如所有者的计算机。 该计算机系统可以是诸如蓝牙的无线微微网的一部分。这为计算机提供了与外部无线设备(如手机,PDA,计算机或无绳电话)进行通信的能力。 本发明允许对要跟踪的期望车辆数据的配置或选择。 该配置可以在所有者的家用计算机(或膝上型计算机)上进行,并且因此使用无线微微网协议(例如蓝牙协议)传输到车辆计算机。 此外,该配置可以通过由制造商提供的与车辆的直接接口来操纵。 可以跟踪的示例性车辆统计数据包括但不限于每加仑英里,每小时平均英里数,最大MPH,每行程驱动的英里数,基于一天中的驾驶统计数据和/或识别的驾驶员的驾驶统计数据,以及发动机的转速 发动机温度,油位计,油压,轮胎,制动器,发动机冷却液,刮水器,全球定位卫星(GPS)系统,和/或车辆驾驶舱内部甚至是压缩声音。

    Methods and systems for configuring wireless devices
    9.
    发明授权
    Methods and systems for configuring wireless devices 有权
    用于配置无线设备的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08243688B1

    公开(公告)日:2012-08-14

    申请号:US09594586

    申请日:2000-06-15

    IPC分类号: H04Q7/00

    CPC分类号: H04W8/245 H04L67/125 H04W4/50

    摘要: The features and settings of wireless devices, such as cellular and cordless telephones, can be configured through the use of a user friendly web page, website, e-mail menu or the like. After a user has identified a wireless device or devices to configure, she then selects the features and settings she desires. The selected settings are then transmitted to the identified wireless device or devices. In this manner, wireless devices can be remotely configured and there is no need to repeat identical steps to configure multiple devices with the same configuration.

    摘要翻译: 可以通过使用用户友好的网页,网站,电子邮件菜单等来配置诸如蜂窝和无绳电话的无线设备的特征和设置。 用户识别无线设备或配置设备后,然后选择她想要的功能和设置。 然后将所选择的设置发送到所识别的无线设备或设备。 以这种方式,无线设备可以被远程配置,并且不需要重复相同的步骤来配置具有相同配置的多个设备。