Patent ID: 11901941
Assignee: SNAP INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 17:
18. A method for low power light wave communications comprising:
receiving, at processing circuitry of a peripheral device of a housing, a signal to perform a light wave communication process to exchange social media codes with a host device associate with a social media application;
performing, while the signal is being received by the processing circuitry, a sequence of transmit and detect operations during a plurality of time periods using a light source and a sensor coupled to the processing circuitry as part of the housing, wherein the light source is managed by the processing circuitry to transmit a first social media code associated with the host device during a first time period of the plurality of time periods;
detecting, while the signal is being received by the processing circuitry, a second social media code received at the sensor from the host device during a second time period of the plurality of time periods when the illumination device is not transmitting; and
storing the second social media code in a memory coupled to the processing circuitry.