Communication system and method
AssigneeSkype
InventorsMarek Laasik, Madis Kaal
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Abstract
A remote control unit for controlling a media device, comprising: a first wireless transmitter arranged to be powered from a first power source; a second wireless transmitter arranged to be powered from a second power source; a processor coupled to the first and second wireless transmitters, wherein the processor is configured to control the first and second wireless transmitters and is arranged to be powered from the first power; and monitoring means arranged to monitor power levels of the second power source and provide power level information to the processor.
Claims30
A remote control unit for controlling a media device, comprising:
- a first wireless transmitter arranged to be powered from a first power source;
- a second wireless transmitter arranged to be powered from a second power source;
- a processor coupled to the first and second wireless transmitters, wherein the processor is configured to control the first and second wireless transmitters and is arranged to be powered from the first power;
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- monitoring means arranged to monitor power levels of the second power source and provide power level information to the processor.
A system comprising a remote control unit, the remote control unit comprising:
- a first wireless transmitter arranged to be powered from a first power source;
- a second wireless transmitter arranged to be powered from a second power source;
- a processor coupled to the first and second wireless transmitters, wherein the processor is configured to control the first and second wireless transmitters and is arranged to be powered from the first power source and is further arranged to transmit a status message comprising the power level information using the first wireless transmitter;
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- monitoring means arranged to monitor power levels of the second power source and provide power level information to the processor.
A method of monitoring power in a remote control unit for controlling a media device, the remote control unit having a first wireless transmitter arranged to be powered from a first power source and a second wireless transmitter arranged to be powered from a second power source, the method comprising:
- measuring a power level of the second power source;
- comparing the power level of the second power source to a predetermined threshold;
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- transmitting a status message using the first wireless transmitter in the case that the power level of the second power source is less than the predetermined threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.