IP Library Granted Patent US 9,712,950
Granted Patent B2
US 9,712,950 · App. 14/340,580 · Granted Jul 18, 2017

Blue-tooth communication system and broadcasting method thereof

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Patent No.
US 9,712,950
App. No.
14/340,580
Granted
Jul 18, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A blue-tooth communication system and a broadcasting method therefor are provided. The broadcasting method includes: detecting N blue-tooth receivers in a blue-tooth range of a blue-tooth transmitter; broadcasting a data package during at least one transmitting timing window by the blue-tooth transmitter; and receiving N returned data packages which are respectively returned by the corresponding blue-tooth receivers by the blue-tooth transmitter during N receiving timing windows. At least one of the N returned data packages includes an acknowledge message which is recorded in a header field of the corresponding returned data package.

Claims (18)

1. A broadcasting method for a blue-tooth communication system, comprising:

detecting N blue-tooth receivers in a blue-tooth range of a blue-tooth transmitter, wherein N is a positive integer;

broadcasting a data package by the blue-tooth transmitter during at least one transmitting timing window; and

during N receiving timing windows, receiving N returned data packages which are respectively returned by the corresponding blue-tooth receivers by the blue-tooth transmitter during N receiving timing windows, wherein at least one of the N returned data packages includes an acknowledge message which is recorded in a header field of the corresponding returned data package;

wherein one of the received returned data packages is to indicate that the data package was a broadcast data package.

2. The broadcasting method according to claim 1 , wherein the header field comprises an address field, a category or type field, a flow field, a reply field, a sequentially numbering field and a header error control field.

3. The broadcasting method according to claim 2 , wherein the acknowledge message is recorded in the address field, the category or type flow field, the flow field and the reply field.

4. The broadcasting method according to claim 1 , further comprising: performing adjustment on the broadcasting operation of the data package according to the acknowledge message.

5. A blue-tooth communication system, comprising:

a blue-tooth transmitter, having a blue-tooth range; and

N blue-tooth receivers, arranged in the blue-tooth range,

wherein the blue-tooth transmitter broadcasts a data package during a transmitting timing window to transmit the data package to the blue-tooth receivers,

the blue-tooth receivers respectively return N returned data packages to the blue-tooth transmitter, and at least one of the returned data packages includes an acknowledge message which is recorded in a header field of the corresponding returned data package, wherein N is a positive integer,

wherein one of the received returned data packages is to indicate that the data package was a broadcast data package.

6. The blue-tooth communication system according to claim 5 , wherein the header field comprises an address field, a category or type field, a flow field, a reply field, a sequentially numbering field and a header error control field.

7. The blue-tooth communication system according to claim 6 , wherein the acknowledge message is recorded in the address field, the category or type flow field, the flow field and the reply field.

8. The blue-tooth communication system according to claim 5 , the blue-tooth transmitter further performs adjustment on the broadcasting operation of the data package according to the acknowledge message.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a communication from at least one receiver, the communication to indicate a receiving state instead of a returned data package.

Assignments (17)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2022
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED; SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ATMEL CORPORATION; MICROSEMI CORPORATION; MICROSEMI STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2022
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED; SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ATMEL CORPORATION; MICROSEMI CORPORATION; MICROSEMI STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2022
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED; SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ATMEL CORPORATION; MICROSEMI CORPORATION; MICROSEMI STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2022
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED; SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ATMEL CORPORATION; MICROSEMI CORPORATION; MICROSEMI STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2022
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2022
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED; SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ATMEL CORPORATION; MICROSEMI CORPORATION; MICROSEMI STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2021
From: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED; SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ATMEL CORPORATION; MICROSEMI CORPORATION; MICROSEMI STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 24, 2020
From: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED; SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ATMEL CORPORATION; MICROSEMI CORPORATION; MICROSEMI STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC.; SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ATMEL CORPORATION; MICROSEMI CORPORATION; MICROSEMI STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2020
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC.; SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ATMEL CORPORATION; MICROSEMI CORPORATION; MICROSEMI STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2020
From: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC.; SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ATMEL CORPORATION; MICROSEMI CORPORATION; MICROSEMI STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2018
From: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED; SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ATMEL CORPORATION; MICROSEMI CORPORATION; MICROSEMI STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2018
From: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED; SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ATMEL CORPORATION; MICROSEMI CORPORATION; MICROSEMI STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2017
From: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2015
From: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY (BARBADOS) II INCORPORATED
To: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
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MERGER Recorded Sep 13, 2015
From: ISSC TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
To: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY (BARBADOS) II INCORPORATED
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2014
From: CHANG, LI-WEI
To: ISSC TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
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