US 12,003,265 B1Granted

System of on-body mobile devices and methods of operation with a femtocell

OwnerEric James Malineninventor

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Abstract

A system of mobile devices that reduces the transmission strength of outgoing signals originating from a handheld device, and sends such signals to a second device. The second device communicates with the first device using low-power, short-range RF communication signals, and then generates and transmits high-power, long-range RF communication signals through a cellular tower to a remote recipient. When the first and second devices encounter a femtocell, the first device automatically switches directly to the femtocell, and the second device is either shut off or switched to a stand-by mode. The intelligence and power of the devices may be split between two or more devices, resulting in longer use time, deeper and more complex computing capability, and fewer disruptions due to power.

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Dependent claims

A method of using two discrete mobile devices to switch between communicating through a cellular long-range communications tower and communicating through a local femtocell existing within a shielded enclosure, comprising the steps of:

locating a first one of said two discrete mobile devices adjacent a portion of the body of the user;
transmitting from said first one of said two discrete mobile devices through first high-power, long-range RF communication signals through said cellular long-range communications tower to a remote recipient;
detecting presence within said shielded enclosure of both of said first one of said two discrete mobile devices and a second one of said two discrete mobile devices;
and
switching said first one of said two discrete mobile devices from said communicating through said first high-power, long-range RF communication signals to communicating with said remote recipient through said femtocell existing within a shielded enclosure, said switching step only occurring responsive and subsequent to said detecting step.

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Facts

Application: 16/588,995Filed 30 Sep 2019 · continuation
Priority: 13 Jan 2011
Granted: 4 Jun 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

H04B 1/3838
Hand-held transceivers: arrangements for reducing RF exposure to the user, e.g. by changing the shape of the transceiver while in use
H04B 1/40
Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of…: circuits
H04B 17/23
Of receivers: indication means, e.g. displays, alarms, audible means
H04W 52/0261
In terminal devices: managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level

Family

Application12/929,307Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 13 Jan 2011
Application15/057,088Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Feb 2016
US 9,306,681 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 5 Apr 2016
Application15/808,764Parent of this continuation · filed 9 Nov 2017
US 9,843,353 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Dec 2017
US 10,469,114 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 5 Nov 2019
Application15/057,088Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2012/0184215 A1Published application
US 12,003,265 B1This patent

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