Patent ID: 8626109
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling receive diversity of an antenna system of a computer device, the antenna system including two or more antenna elements, the method comprising: establishing a session with a remote transmitting system; determining whether a predetermined criteria detected by the computer device is satisfied within the session, and if so: activating at least two of the antenna elements for receiving transmissions, enabling performance of receive diversity on the received transmissions, and performing receive diversity on the received transmissions; if the predetermined criteria is not satisfied within the session: activating at least one of the antenna elements, disabling performance of receive diversity on the received transmissions, and performing a default signal processing on the received transmissions; and displaying an interface on the computer device, the interface including a user tuneable element for setting of a threshold during the session, wherein the predetermined criteria includes the threshold, wherein the predetermined criteria is detected over a time period, the time period having a length which is user controllable through the interface using a sliding scale.