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U.S. Patent: 10,140,073


Patent Title

Wireless devices that establish a wireless connection with a mobile information apparatus by wirelessly detecting, within physical proximity, the mobile information apparatus

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Issued Date: November 27, 2018
Inventor: William Ho Chang et al
External Links: UPSTO, Google Patents

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Abstract

Wireless devices that establish a wireless connection with a mobile device (e.g., smart phone) by wirelessly detecting the mobile device within a physical proximity, are herein disclosed and enabled. To set up a wireless device (e.g., Bluetooth devices, audio output devices, television controllers, Internet appliances, digital cameras, etc.) for connecting with a smart phone, the wireless device and the smart phone are simply placed within physical proximity of each other for short range wireless detection. During the wireless detection, the smart phone and the wireless device may exchange, transmit, or receive device or security information to facilitate future wireless connections. Subsequent to the short range wireless detection, the wireless device and the smart phone are connected or locked for future wireless communications (e.g., Bluetooth or IEEE802.11), and future wireless connections between the wireless device and the smart phone can be established without having to repeat the short range wireless detection.

U.S. Patent Number: 10,140,073

Sample Claim

1. A wireless connection method for a wireless device to establish a wireless connection with a smart phone, the wireless device being a distinct device from the smart phone, and the wireless device includes wireless communication circuitry, memory, and one or more processors or controllers, wherein the wireless connection method, at the wireless device, comprises:
(1) wirelessly detecting, using the wireless communication circuitry of the wireless device, the smart phone, the wireless detection is based, at least in part, on physical proximity between the wireless device and the smart phone, and the wireless detection includes either the wireless device wirelessly detecting the smart phone or the smart phone wirelessly detecting the wireless device, and the wireless detection, using the wireless communication circuitry, is further based on direct short range wireless communication between the wireless device and the smart phone;
(2) wirelessly receiving, using the wireless communication circuitry of the wireless device, first information from the smart phone wirelessly detected in (1), the wireless receiving of the first information is via direct short range wireless communication between the wireless device and the smart phone, the first information includes at least one of identification information, identity information, device information, a name, a PIN, security information, biometrics information, or authentication information, individually or in any combination; and
(3) storing, by the wireless device, information related to the smart phone in the memory of the wireless device as part of a control list of approved identities or approved devices for accessing the wireless device; and wherein, subsequent to having wirelessly detected the smart phone in (1) and having stored at least part of the information related to the smart phone in the memory of the wireless device in (3), the wireless connection method at the wireless device further comprises:
(4) wirelessly receiving, using the wireless communication circuitry of the wireless device, second information from the smart phone, the second information includes at least one of identification information, identity information, device information, a name, a PIN, biometrics information, security information, or authentication information, individually or in any combination;
(5) verifying, comparing, or authenticating, at the wireless device, at least part of the second information wirelessly received from the smart phone in (4) with respect to the control list of approved identities or approved devices in (3); and
(6) providing service, using the wireless communication circuitry of the wireless device, to the smart phone via a wireless communication link between the wireless device and the smart phone, the providing of the service is based, at least in part, on a successful verification, comparison, or authentication in (5), and wherein the wireless device is further operable to repeat at least part of step (4) to step (6) for establishing wireless communication between the wireless device and the smart phone without the need for repeating at least part of step (1) and step (2).