Patent ID: 7979097

Claim:
A multimode wireless communication device, the device comprising: a Wi-Fi module housed within the multimode wireless communication device that is configured to communicate with an access point operatively coupled to a wide area network; a cellular communication module housed within the multimode wireless communication device that is configured to communicate with a base station and a mobile switching station; and an integrated power management module configured to manage power for the Wi-Fi module and the cellular communications module, the integrated power management module comprising, a Wi-Fi power save mode comprising a timer that triggers switching the Wi-Fi module between a Wi-Fi power save awake state and a Wi-Fi power save sleep state, a Wi-Fi deep sleep mode that is activated when Wi-Fi communications with an access point are disabled, a Wi-Fi power down mode that is activated when a Wi-Fi shutdown instruction is received that results in at least one IC corresponding to the Wi-Fi module being turned off, a cellular power save mode is enabled when the cellular communications module enters a cellular idle mode and the Wi-Fi module enters either the Wi-Fi deep sleep mode or the Wi-Fi power down mode, and a cellular low power mode that is enabled when the Wi-Fi module is activated and the Wi-Fi module enters either a Wi-Fi active more or the Wi-Fi power save mode.