Patent ID: 8255487
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: H05B,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A method of communicating between devices using a duty cycle of a signal while a device maintains operation responsive to the duty cycle, the method comprising steps of: (a) receiving, by a first device from a second device via a connection, a signal comprising a plurality of different time intervals, the duty cycle remaining constant through the plurality of different time intervals, the duty cycle comprising a plurality of portions, each of the plurality of portions comprising a duration of the duty cycle, at least one portion of the duty cycle comprising an instruction for a processor; (b) operating, by the first device responsive to the duty cycle, one or more components of the first device; (c) detecting, by the first device for the processor, the instruction identified by a change in a time interval of the signal; and (d) performing, by the processor of the first device responsive to the detection, a function based on the instruction while maintaining, by the first device, operations of the one or more components responsive to the constant duty cycle.