Patent ID: 9467183
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: wirelessly receiving, by a mobile communication device, a long-range communication signal via a first antenna of the mobile communication device, wherein the long-range communication signal comprises a baseband signal that is modulated with a first carrier signal, and wherein the long-range communication signal comprises a cellular communication signal; extracting, by the mobile communication device, a first version of the baseband signal from the long-range communication signal that is received via the first antenna; wirelessly receiving, by the mobile communication device, a short-range communication signal from a second device via a second antenna of the mobile communication device, wherein the short-range communication signal comprises a second version of the baseband signal that is modulated with a second carrier signal by the second device, wherein the second version of the baseband signal is extracted from the long-range communication signal by the second device, and wherein the long-range communication signal is wirelessly received by the second device at a location remote from the mobile communication device; extracting, by the mobile communication device, the second version of the baseband signal from the short-range communication signal that is received via the second antenna; determining, by the mobile communication device, a difference in quality of signal between the first version of the baseband signal and the second version of the baseband signal; selecting, by the mobile communication device, one of the first version of the baseband signal or the second version of the baseband signal according to the difference in quality of signal to identify an information signal; processing, by the mobile communication device, the information signal that is selected; and wirelessly transmitting, by the mobile communication device, a data signal to the second device for directing the second device to adjust one of extracting of the second version of the baseband signal, modulating of the second version of the baseband signal, or a combination thereof.