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Audio broadcast in cordless digital system

US7113492B2 · kind B2 · utility

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4Claims
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Filing dateFeb 7, 2001
Grant dateSep 26, 2006
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Expiry dateJul 7, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M1/658
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Providing an audio broadcast for a TDMA system. During a single time slot, an audio message is broadcast from a base art and received at a number of portable arts. An audio broadcast command is generated by designating the single time slot and then transmitted to the plurality of portable parts. An additional portable part transmits a broadcast origination signal and the audio message to the base part which transmits the audio broadcast command to the portable parts. by assigning a time slot other than the designated time slot to a portable part, the portable part does not broadcast audio messages during the designated time slot. More than three receiving time slots and more than three sending time slots are divided out for the base art that includes the designated time slot. The audio broadcast command is transmitted during at least two of the more than three sending time slots.

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