Adjusting acknowledgement requests for remote control transmissions based on previous acknowledgements
US9633556B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 31, 2011 |
| Grant date | Apr 25, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 5, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08C2201/51
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A remote receives an instruction to transmit and determines whether or not to include an acknowledgement request in the instruction based on statistics regarding receipt of acknowledgements associated with previously transmitted instructions. If so, the remote control device includes the request before transmitting. The remote control may determine whether or not to include the request in a variety of different ways in a variety of different implementations. In some implementations, the remote control may classify instructions into two or more different classifications and may treat instructions of different classifications differently. In other implementations, the remote control may treat the same instruction differently depending on the number of requested acknowledgements successfully received during a time period. In various other implementations, the remote control may perform various combinations of these approaches.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.