Patent ID: 8824346
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: G06F,H02J,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A system of a mobile device for waking up an application processor (AP) of the mobile device, the system comprising: a low power personal area network (PAN) module configured to communicate with an external device for establishing a connection with the external device; a controller for the low power PAN module configured to process a connection request signal from the external device and to wake up the AP of the mobile device in response to an AP on request signal from the external device when the connection request signal from the external device is verified as valid, wherein the controller is supplied with quiescent current from a battery of the mobile device prior to the wake up of the AP; and a switch physically coupled to the AP, the low power PAN module and the controller, the switch controllable by the controller to open a connection between the AP and the low power PAN module prior to the wake up of the AP and to close the connection upon the wake up of the AP so that data is communicated directly between the low power PAN module and the AP upon the wake up of the AP.