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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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), andwherein 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).
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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.
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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:
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(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). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A wireless device for establishing a wireless connection with a mobile information apparatus, the wireless device being a distinct device from the mobile information apparatus, and the wireless device includes wireless communication circuitry and memory storing device information related to the wireless device, wherein the wireless device:
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(1) uses the wireless communication circuitry of the wireless device to wirelessly detect the mobile information apparatus, the wireless detection is based, at least in part, on physical distance between the wireless device and the mobile information apparatus, and the wireless detection of the mobile information apparatus includes either one of (i) the wireless device wirelessly detecting the mobile information apparatus or (ii) the mobile information apparatus wirelessly detecting the wireless device, and the wireless detection is further based, at least in part, on short range direct wireless communication between the wireless device and the mobile information apparatus; (2) uses the wireless communication circuitry of the wireless device to wirelessly transmit at least part of the device information that is stored in the memory of the wireless device, from the wireless device to the mobile information apparatus, the wireless transmission of the device information is based on the wireless device having wirelessly detected the mobile information apparatus in (1), and the wireless transmission of the device information is based, at least in part, on short range direct wireless communication between the wireless device and the mobile information apparatus; (3) uses the wireless communication circuitry of the wireless device to wirelessly receive a service request or a connection request from the mobile information apparatus; (4) uses the wireless communication circuitry of the wireless device to wirelessly establish a wireless communication link between the wireless device and the mobile information apparatus in response to having wirelessly received the service request or the connection request from the mobile information apparatus in (3), and the establishing of the wireless communication link being subsequent to having wirelessly transmitted at least part of the device information from the wireless device to the mobile information apparatus in (2); and (5) uses the wireless communication circuitry of the wireless device to wirelessly receive, via the established wireless communication link in (4), data or information from the mobile information apparatus; and wherein, subsequent to the wireless detection in step (1) or subsequent to having wirelessly transmitted the device information, related to the wireless device, from the wireless device to the mobile information apparatus in step (2), the wireless device is operable to repeat one or more other steps that include step (3), step (4), or step (5), without the need to repeat at least part of step (1) and step (2). - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A wireless connection method for a wireless device to establish wireless connections with one or more client devices, the one or more client devices include a smart phone, the wireless device includes wireless communication circuitry and memory storing device information related to the wireless device, wherein the wireless connection method at the wireless device, comprises:
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(1) wirelessly detecting, via the wireless communication circuitry of the wireless device, the smart phone, 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 is based, at least in part, on physical proximity between the wireless device and the smart phone; (2) wirelessly transmitting to the smart phone, via the wireless communication circuitry of the wireless device, the device information that is stored in the memory of the wireless device, the wireless transmission of the device information is subsequent to the wireless device having wirelessly detected the smart phone or having been wirelessly detected by the smart phone in (1), and the wireless transmission of the device information is further based, at least in part, on physical proximity between the wireless device and the smart phone, and the device information is to facilitate the one or more client devices identifying or selecting the wireless device for service; (3) wirelessly receiving, via the wireless communication circuitry of the wireless device, a service request or a connection request from a client device that has identified or that has selected the wireless device for service, the service request or the connection request from the client device is based, at least in part, on the device information that was wirelessly transmitted from the wireless device to the smart phone in (2), the client device being a distinct device from the smart phone, and the client device is a device from among the one or more client devices that the smart phone has shared, over a network, information or digital files; (4) wirelessly establishing, via the wireless communication circuitry of the wireless device, a wireless communication link between the wireless device and the client device in response to having received the service request or the connection request in (3) from the client device; and (5) providing service, via the wireless communication circuitry of the wireless device and over the established wireless communication link in (4), to the client device; and wherein, subsequent to the wireless detection of the smart phone in step (1) and the wireless transmission of the device information from the wireless device to the smart phone in step (2), the wireless device is operable to provide service to the client device, without the need for the wireless device to setup a connection with the client device by wirelessly detecting the client device based, at least in part, on physical proximity to the client device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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