Patent ID: 8204446
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: H01Q,H03H,H04B

Abstract:
1. A method for tuning an antenna of a wireless communication device that includes the antenna and at least one tunable component that has an affect on the tuning of the antenna, the method comprising the steps of: determining one or more tuning selection inputs in conjunction with a wireless communication session that is supported by the wireless communication device, wherein the tuning selection inputs include one or more types of information selected from a group of information types that includes a call type indicating whether the wireless communication session is a voice communication session, a data communication session or another type of communication session, a speakerphone activation indicator, a speaker activation indicator, a Bluetooth activation indicator, a user identity, information characterizing a grip with which a user is holding the wireless communication device, information characterizing a physical proximity of the wireless communication device to the body of the user, a sensor input, and a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) measurement; determining, based on the tuning selection inputs, a component value for a component of the at least one tunable component, wherein the component value is determined from a set of pre-defined component values; and setting the component to have the component value.