US 11,689,345 B2
Systems and methods for obtaining data of a device via a backscatter signal
Donna L. Polehn, Mercer Island, WA (US); and Corey J. Christopherson, Bainbridge Island, WA (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/453,951.
Prior Publication US 2023/0142550 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 41/08 (2022.01); H04L 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 5/1438 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A first device, comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
provide a first continuous wave signal, via a scanning beam, during a first period of time;
receive, from a second device, a first response signal reflected from the first continuous wave signal;
provide, to the second device, a second continuous wave signal during a second period of time subsequent to the first period of time;
receive, from the second device, a second response signal reflected from the second continuous wave signal,
wherein the second response signal includes device data obtained by the second device; and
provide the device data to cause an action to be performed based on the device data.