Patent ID: 7630723
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a wireless receiver that is configured in accordance with a first wireless standard; a wireless transceiver that is configured in accordance with a second wireless standard, said second wireless standard being different from said first wireless standard; and a controller coupled to said wireless receiver and said wireless transceiver, said controller being programmed to: (a) monitor signals received by said wireless receiver to detect a silence signal, said silence signal including information that uniquely identifies said signal, (b) when said silence signal is detected and said apparatus is not already in a silence mode of operation, switch said apparatus to said silence mode of operation, and (c) when said silence signal is detected and said apparatus is already in said silence mode of operation, (i) prompt a user to determine whether the user objects to entry into a normal mode of operation, and (ii) enable the normal mode of operation when no user objection is received within a predetermined amount of time after said prompt.