Patent ID: 7720438
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: H04B,Y02D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a short-range wireless communication reader configured to transmit wireless interrogation signals and receive responses from remote short-range wireless transponders; a processor in communication with the short-range wireless communication reader that provide for detection of a data transmission having a given data format and determine that the given format is not one of one or more supported formats of the short-range wireless communication reader; and a controller in communication with the processor that is configured to provide for adjusting a frequency of operation of the short-range wireless communication reader in response to the processor determining that the given format is not one of the one or more supported formats of the short-range wireless communication reader, wherein adjusting the frequency of operation of the short-range wireless communication reader includes implementing a delay before activating of the short-range wireless communications reader in response to detection of the data transmission having the given format, the delay being incremented based on a number of detections of data transmissions having formats not being one of the one or more supported formats.