Patent ID: 6332086
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: H04B,H04J,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:a wireless receiver that is configured to receive a signal via a wireless connection;a time signal receiver that is configured to receive a time of day signal via a connection other than the wireless connection; anda controller that is configured to switch said wireless receiver to and from an active mode where said wireless receiver can receive the wireless connection signal and a sleep mode in which said wireless receiver cannot receive the wireless connection signal according to a schedule,wherein said controller determines the schedule in accordance with the time of day signal received by said time signal receiver via the connection other than the wireless connection, andwherein a sleep mode scheduled for said wireless receiver by said controller is overridden in response to turning on of said apparatus during the scheduled sleep mode, and is overridden in response to existence during the active mode of a wireless connection in progress to said wireless receiver.