Communications accessory with improved vehicle ignition sense
CA 2362726 A1 · Owner: Ericsson Inc. · Inventors: Lilja, Patrick
Overview
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A method and apparatus for managing power consumption of a communications accessory (80) attached to a vehicle based on the state of vehicle's (10) ignition (14) and upon the power on/off history of the wireless communications device attached to the communications accessory. The method determines whether the last powering off of the wireless communications device was due to user action. If so, then the wireless communications device is left in a powered off state when the ignition is turned back on. If instead, the last powering , off of the wireless communications device was in response to an automatically generated request from the communications accessory (prompted by the ignition …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed January 18, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 18, 2020.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by January 18, 2022.
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