System and method for managing communication links

US9203579B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9203579-B2
Application numberUS-201313922655-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 20, 2013
Priority dateJun 5, 2002
Publication dateDec 1, 2015
Grant dateDec 1, 2015

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A system and method for managing a communication link between a consumer electronic device adapted for two-way, wireless communications with at least one peripheral. The communication link is managed using a controller that is associated with the consumer electronic device that functions to assign communication slots to the peripheral to facilitate communications between the peripheral and the consumer electronic device.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method for facilitating communications between a time slot controller and a peripheral device via use of a wireless communications link system comprised of a plurality of communications time slots, comprising: receiving from the peripheral device at the time slot controller a data communication in at least one of the plurality of communications time slots, the data communication received from the peripheral device including a unique tag number that was ass…

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What does patent US9203579B2 cover?
A system and method for managing a communication link between a consumer electronic device adapted for two-way, wireless communications with at least one peripheral. The communication link is managed using a controller that is associated with the consumer electronic device that functions to assign communication slots to the peripheral to facilitate communications between the peripheral and the …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Universal Electronics Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04L5/0037. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Dec 01 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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