Method and apparatus for performing scan operations
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsSai Pradeep Venkatraman, Saumitra Mohan Das, Weihua Gao, Vinay Sridhara
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Abstract
Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are provided which may be implemented for use by a mobile device to alter a scan operation. Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are provided which may be implemented for use by one or more electronic devices to determine one or more scan factors for use by a mobile device in altering a scan operation.
Claims80
A method comprising, at a mobile device:
- acquiring at least a first wireless signal transmitted by a wireless transceiver device;
- and
- selectively altering at least one subsequent scan operation for wireless signals based, at least in part, on said first wireless signal.
An apparatus for use in a mobile device, the apparatus comprising:
- means for acquiring at least a first wireless signal transmitted by a wireless transceiver device;
- and
- means for selectively altering at least one subsequent scan operation for wireless signals based, at least in part, on said first wireless signal.
A mobile device comprising:
- a receiver configured to acquire at least a first wireless signal from a wireless transceiver device;
- and
- a processing unit coupled to said receiver and configured to selectively alter at least one subsequent scan operation for wireless signals using said receiver based, at least in part, on said first wireless signal.
An article comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer implementable instructions executable by a processing unit in a mobile device to:
- acquire at least a first wireless signal transmitted by a wireless transceiver device;
- and
- selectively alter at least one subsequent scan operation for wireless signals based, at least in part, on said first wireless signal.
A method comprising, at an electronic device:
- determining at least one scan factor for consideration by a mobile device, said at least one scan factor being based, at least in part, on at least a first wireless signal transmitted by a first wireless transceiver device;
- and
- transmitting a message to a mobile device, said at least one message being indicative of said at least one scan factor.
An apparatus for use in an electronic device, said apparatus comprising:
- means for determining at least one scan factor for consideration by a mobile device, said at least one scan factor being based, at least in part, on at least a first wireless signal transmitted by a first wireless transceiver device;
- and
- means for transmitting a message to a mobile device, said at least one message being indicative of said at least one scan factor.
A computing platform for use in an electronic device, the computing platform comprising:
- a network interface unit configured to acquire a first wireless signal transmitted by a first wireless transceiver device, and transmit a message to a mobile device;
- and
- a processing unit coupled to the network interface unit and configured to:
- determine at least one scan factor for consideration by a mobile device, said at least one scan factor being based, at least in part, on said at least a first wireless signal;
- and
- initiate transmission of said message to said mobile device via said network interface unit, said at least one message being indicative of said at least one scan factor.
An article comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer implementable instructions stored executable by a processing unit of an electronic device to:
- determine at least one scan factor for consideration by a mobile device, said at least one scan factor being based, at least in part, on at least a first wireless signal transmitted by a first wireless transceiver device;
- and
- initiate transmission of a message to a mobile device, said at least one message being indicative of said at least one scan factor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.