# US 2018/0321728 A1 · Remote wake-up of mobile devices > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0321728 A1 - Document ID: US20180321728A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/772,026 - Filed: 2016-10-18 - Published: 2018-11-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-10-28 - Assignees: Displaylink (UK) Limited - Applicants: Displaylink (UK) Limited - Inventors: Douglas Morse - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180321728A1 ## CPC - G06F 1/3209: Monitoring remote activity, e.g. over telephone lines or network connections - G06F 1/1632: {External expansion units, e.g. docking stations} - G06F 1/3203: Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode - G06F 1/3287: by switching off individual functional units in the computer system - H04M 1/73: Battery saving arrangements - Y02D 10/00: Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract A method of controlling a docking station (21) to wake a mobile device (23) from a sleep mode, the mobile device (23) having a data module that is powered off in sleep mode and is capable of transferring data to/from the docking station (21) over a data connection. The mobile device (23) also includes at least one of a power module (211) that is powered on in sleep mode and that is capable of receiving power over a power transfer connection (29b) from a power source (28) in the docking station (21) and a sort-range wireless communication module (46) that is powered on in sleep mode and that is capable of transferring data over a short-range wireless connection (45). The method involves receiving, by the docking station (21) over a Local Area Network, LAN connection, a wake-up message destined for the mobile device (23), generating, by the docking station (21), in response to receiving the wake-up message, a wake-up control signal for transmittal over the power transfer connection (29b) or over the sort-range wireless connection (45) to the mobile device (23), and transmitting the wake-up control signal, from the docking station (21), over the power transfer connection (29b) or over the sort-range wireless connection (45) to the mobile device (23). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of controlling a docking station to wake a mobile device from a sleep mode, the mobile device comprising a power module capable of receiving power over a power transfer connection from a power source in a docking station, a data module capable of transferring data to/from the docking station over a data connection, the mobile device having a sleep mode in which the data module is powered off and the power module is powered on, whereby the mobile device can be charged from the docking station over the power transfer connection, the method comprising: receiving, by the docking station over a Local Area Network (LAN) connection, a wake-up message destined for the mobile device; generating, by the docking station, in response to receiving the wake-up message, a wake-up control signal for transmittal over the power transfer connection to the mobile device; and transmitting the wake-up control signal, from the docking station, over the power transfer connection to the mobile device. ### Claim 2 A method of controlling a mobile device to wake from a sleep mode, the mobile device comprising a power module capable of receiving power over a power transfer connection from a power source in a docking station, a data module capable of transferring data to/from the docking station over a data connection, the mobile device being in a sleep mode in which the data module is powered off and the power module is powered on, whereby the mobile device can be charged from the docking station over the power transfer connection, the method comprising: receiving, by the mobile device, a wake-up control signal from the docking station over the power transfer connection; and controlling, by the mobile device in response to receiving the wake-up control signal, the data module to receive power from the power module and to thereby wake from the sleep mode. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the power transfer connection is a Power Delivery (PD) connection and the wake-up control signal is a PD vendor-defined message. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the power transfer connection is a wireless charging connection and the wake-up control signal comprises a modulation in wireless charging or other message across the wireless charging connection. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the wake-up message comprises a Wake-on-LAN signal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the data connection comprises a wired or wireless Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection. ### Claim 7 A docking station comprising: a Local Area Network (LAN) connection; a data module configured to send/receive data over a data connection; and a power source configured to transfer power over a power transfer connection; wherein the docking station is configured to wake a mobile device from a sleep mode, the mobile device comprising a power module capable of receiving power over the power transfer connection from the power source, a data module capable of transferring data to/from the data module of the docking station over the data connection, the mobile device having a sleep mode in which the data module of the mobile device is powered off and the power module is powered on, whereby the mobile device can be charged from the docking station over the power transfer connection, the docking station configured to: receive, over the LAN connection, a wake-up message destined for the mobile device; generate, in response to receiving the wake-up message, a wake-up control signal for transmittal over the power transfer connection to the mobile device; and transmit the wake-up control signal over the power transfer connection to the mobile device. ### Claim 8 A mobile device comprising: a power module configured to receive power over a power transfer connection from a power source in a docking station; and a data module configured to transfer data to/from the docking station over a data connection; the mobile device having a sleep mode in which the data module is powered off and the power module is powered on, whereby the mobile device can be charged from the docking station over the power transfer connection, the mobile device configured to: receive a wake-up control signal from the docking station over the power transfer connection; and control, in response to receiving the wake-up control signal, the data module to receive power from the power module and to thereby wake from the sleep mode. ### Claim 9 A method of controlling a docking station to wake a mobile device from a sleep mode, the mobile device comprising a short-range wireless communication module capable of transferring data over a short-range wireless, connection, a data module capable of transferring data over a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) connection, the mobile device having a sleep mode in which the data module is powered off and the short-range wireless communication module is powered on, the method comprising: receiving, by the docking station over a Local Area Network (LAN) connection, a wake-up message destined for the mobile device; generating, by the docking station, in response to receiving the wake-up message, a wake-up control signal for transmittal over the short-range wireless connection to the mobile device; and transmitting the wake-up control signal, from the docking station, over the short-range wireless connection to the mobile device. ### Claim 10 A method of controlling a mobile device to wake from a sleep mode, the mobile device comprising a short-range wireless communication module capable of transferring data over a short-range wireless connection, a data module capable of transferring data over a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) connection, the mobile device having a sleep mode in which the data module is powered off and the short-range wireless communication module is powered on, the method comprising: receiving, by the mobile device, a wake-up control signal from the docking station over the short-range wireless connection; and controlling, in the mobile device, in response to receiving the wake-up control signal, the data module to wake from the sleep mode. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the short-range wireless connection is a Bluetooth connection. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the wake-up message comprises a Wake-on-LAN signal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the data connection comprises a wired or wireless Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection. ### Claim 14 A docking station comprising: a Local Area Network (LAN) connection; a data module configured to send/receive data over a wireless LAN connection; and a short-range wireless communication module capable of transferring data over a short-range wireless connection; wherein the docking station is configured to wake a mobile device from a sleep mode, the mobile device comprising a sort-range wireless communication module capable of transferring data over the short-range wireless connection, a data module capable of transferring data over the wireless LAN connection, the mobile device having a sleep mode in which the data module is powered off and the short-range wireless communication module is powered on, the docking station configured to: receive, over the LAN connection, a wake-up message destined for the mobile device; generate, in response to receiving the wake-up message, a wake-up control signal for transmittal over the short-range wireless connection to the mobile device; and transmit the wake-up control signal, from the docking station, over the short-range wireless connection to the mobile device. ### Claim 15 A mobile device comprising: a data module configured to send/receive data over a wireless Local Area Network LAND connection; and a short-range wireless communication module capable of transferring data over a short-range wireless connection; the mobile device having a sleep mode in which the data module is powered off and the short-range wireless communication module is powered on, the mobile device configured to: receive a wake-up control signal from the docking station over the short-range wireless connection; and control, in response to receiving the wake-up control signal, the data module to wake from the sleep mode. ### Claim 16 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the power transfer connection is a Power Delivery (PD) connection and the wake-up control signal is a PD vendor-defined message. ### Claim 17 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the power transfer connection is a wireless charging connection and the wake-up control signal comprises a modulation in wireless charging or other message across the wireless charging connection. ### Claim 18 (depends on 7) The docking station according to claim 7, wherein the power transfer connection is a Power Delivery (PD) connection and the wake-up control signal is a PD vendor-defined message. ### Claim 19 (depends on 7) The docking station according to claim 7, wherein the power transfer connection is a wireless charging connection and the wake-up control signal comprises a modulation in wireless charging or other message across the wireless charging connection. ### Claim 20 (depends on 8) The mobile device according to claim 8, wherein the power transfer connection is a Power Delivery (PD) connection and the wake-up control signal is a PD vendor-defined message. ### Claim 21 (depends on 8) The mobile device according to claim 8, wherein the power transfer connection is a wireless charging connection and the wake-up control signal comprises a modulation in wireless charging or other message across the wireless charging connection.