Transmit-only and receive-only Bluetooth apparatus and method

A receive-only apparatus comprising:

• a protocol stack compatible with a protocol standard for local wireless communication, the protocol stack comprising selected portions of the protocol standard used for receiving data;
• and
• a transceiver communicatively coupled to said protocol stack, wherein:
• the transceiver is operable to receive from a second apparatus a synchronization packet wirelessly transmitted at a radio frequency within a predetermined frequency band, the synchronization packet usable to synchronize data transmissions;
• the transceiver is operable to receive from the second apparatus a first data packet wirelessly transmitted at a radio frequency within the predetermined frequency band, wherein:
• the first data packet is associated with a first priority level;
• the first data packet is received after the synchronization packet by a first predetermined offset corres p ondin to the first priority level;
• the transceiver is operable to receive from the second apparatus a second data packet wirelessly transmiffed at a radio frequency within the predetermined frequency band, wherein:
• the second data packet is associated with a second priority level;
• the second data packet is received after the synchronization packet by a second predetermined offset corresponding to the second priority level;
• and
• the first and second predetermined offsets are usable by the receive-only apparatus to determine the respective priority levels of the respective data packets.

A method comprising:

• generating a first data packet and a second data packet, wherein:
• the first data packet is associated with a first priority level and
• the second data packet is associated with a second priority level;
• transmitting to a receiving device a synchronization packet usable to synchronize data transmissions, the synchronization packet transmitted wirelessly at a radio frequency within a predetermined frequency band;
• wirelessly transmitting to the receiving device the first data packet and the second data packet at a radio frequency within the predetermined frequency band, wherein:
• the first data packet is transmitted after the synchronization packet by a first predetermined offset corresponding to the first priority level;
• the second data packet is transmitted after the synchronization packet by a second predetermined offset correspondiniz to the second priority level;
• and
• the first and second predetermined offsets are usable by the receiving device to determine the respective priority levels of the respective data packets.

A transmit-only apparatus comprising:

• a transmit-only protocol stack compatible with a protocol standard for local wireless communication, the transmit-only protocol stack having removed therefrom protocol elements related to receiving data;
• and
• a transceiver communicatively coupled to said transmit-only protocol stack, wherein:
• the transceiver is operable to wirelessly transmit to a second apparatus a synchronization packet at a radio frequency within a predetermined frequency band, the synchronization packet usable to synchronize data transmissions;
• the transceiver is operable to wirelessly transmit to the second apparatus a first data packet at a radio frequency within the predetermined frequency band, wherein:
• the first data packet is associated with a first priority level;
• and
• the first data packet is transmitted after the synchronization packet by a first predetermined offset corresponding to the first priority level;
• the transceiver is operable to wirelessly transmit to the second apparatus a second data packet at a radio frequency within the predetermined frequency band, wherein:
• the second data packet is associated with a second priority level;
• and
• the second data packet is transmitted after the synchronization packet by a second predetermined offset corresponding to the second priority level;
• and
• the first and second predetermined offsets are usable by the second apparatus to determine the respective priority levels of the respective data packets.