Apparatus, system and method of triggering a wireless docking session between a mobile device and a wireless docking device

• US 10,039,147 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2016
• Issued: 07/31/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel IP Corporation (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: Cohn, Daniel, Levy, Elad, Trainin, Solomon B., Shor, Gadi, Glik, Michael, Davidson, Tal
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban, Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): HU, RUI MENG
• Application Number:
  US15/281,119
• Publication Number:
  US 20180098366A1
• Time in Patent Office: 669 Days
• Field of Search: 455 411- 413, 455573, 455410, 455411
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/005 Routing actions in the presence of nodes in sleep or doze mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of triggering a wireless docking session between a mobile device and a wireless docking device. For example, an apparatus may include circuitry and logic configured to cause a mobile device to detect a wireless charging of the mobile device by a wireless docking device; and to, upon detection of the wireless charging, trigger a wireless docking session between the mobile device and the wireless docking device.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising circuitry and logic configured to cause a mobile device to:

detect a wireless charging of said mobile device by a wireless docking device; and

upon detection of the wireless charging, trigger a wireless docking session between the mobile device and the wireless docking device, wherein the apparatus is configured to trigger a wireless charging power receiver of said mobile device to send to the wireless docking device a mobile device identifier corresponding to said mobile device, and to trigger a wireless communication transceiver of said mobile device to transmit to the wireless docking device a first discovery message comprising a first hash value based on said mobile device identifier and a first predefined string, to process a second discovery message from the wireless docking device comprising a second hash value based on said mobile device identifier and a second predefined string, and to associate with the wireless docking device based on said second hash value.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the mobile device to detect said wireless charging based on an indication from the wireless charging power receiver of said mobile device, and to trigger the wireless docking session by triggering the wireless communication transceiver of said mobile device to establish the wireless docking session between the mobile device and the wireless docking device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the mobile device to, when the wireless communication transceiver is at a power save mode, switch the wireless communication transceiver to an active mode, upon the detection of the wireless charging.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first discovery message comprises a probe request, and the second discovery message comprises a probe response in response to the probe request.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second discovery message comprises a probe request, and the first discovery message comprises a probe response in response to the probe request.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the mobile device to trigger the wireless communication transceiver to establish a secure connection between the mobile device and the wireless docking device according to a Wi-Fi Protected Setup Personal Identification Number (WPS-PIN) protocol using said mobile device identifier.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to trigger the mobile device to, upon detection of the wireless charging, establish a secure session between the mobile device and the wireless docking device based on one or more security keys of a previous secure session between the mobile device and the wireless docking device.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising the wireless charging power receiver to receive wireless power signals, and the wireless communication transceiver to establish the wireless docking session between the mobile device and the wireless docking device.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising a memory, a processor, and one or more antennas.

10. An apparatus comprising circuitry and logic, configured to cause a mobile device to:

detect a wireless charging of said mobile device by a wireless docking device; and

upon detection of the wireless charging, trigger a wireless docking session between the mobile device and the wireless docking device, wherein the apparatus is configured to process a docking device identifier received by a wireless charging power receiver of the mobile device from the wireless docking device, and to trigger a wireless communication transceiver of the mobile device to transmit to the wireless docking device a first discovery message comprising a first hash value based on said docking device identifier and a first predefined string, to process a second discovery message from the wireless docking device comprising a second hash value based on said docking device identifier and a second predefined string, and to associate with the wireless docking device based on said second hash value.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 comprising a memory, a processor, and one or more antennas.

12. A product comprising one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one processor, enable the at least one processor to cause a mobile device to:

detect a wireless charging of said mobile device by a wireless docking device; and

upon detection of the wireless charging, trigger a wireless docking session between the mobile device and the wireless docking device, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the mobile device to trigger a wireless charging power receiver of said mobile device to send to the wireless docking device a mobile device identifier corresponding to said mobile device to trigger a wireless communication transceiver of said mobile device to transmit to the wireless docking device a first discovery message comprising a first hash value based on said mobile device identifier and a first predefined string, to process a second discovery message from the wireless docking device comprising, a second hash value based on said mobile device identifier and a second predefined string, and to associate with the wireless docking device based on said second hash value.

13. The product of claim 12, wherein the instructions, when executed cause the mobile device to detect said wireless charging based on an indication from the wireless charging power receiver of said mobile device, and trigger the wireless docking session by triggering the wireless communication transceiver of said mobile device to establish the wireless docking session between the mobile device and the wireless docking device.

14. The product of claim 12, wherein the instructions, when executed cause the mobile device to, upon detection of the wireless charging, establish a secure session between the mobile device and the wireless docking device based on one or more security keys of a previous secure session between the mobile device and the wireless docking device.