Patent ID: 9479310
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for an apparatus to communicate with a device, comprising: transmitting, from the apparatus to the device, a clock signal having a periodic elementary pattern; wherein a housing of the apparatus and a housing of the device are remote from one another, wherein the periodic elementary pattern encompasses a first cycle pattern and a second cycle pattern, and wherein the first cycle pattern differs from the second cycle pattern; transmitting, from the apparatus to the device, a control signal having periodic transitions between signal states, wherein the periodic transitions in the control signal coincide with the second cycle pattern in the clock signal; at the apparatus, receiving from the device, an asynchronous signal; and extracting information from the asynchronous signal based on the clock signal, wherein a period of the clock signal encompasses more than one clock cycle.