Method for Bluetooth mode switching, Bluetooth system and electronic device

• US 10,462,634 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2017
• Issued: 10/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Smartech Worldwide Limited
• Original Assignee: Smartech Worldwide Limited
• Inventors: Fu, Yunhe, Chui, Martin Yeung-Kei, Wang, Mid
• Primary Examiner(s): Bhatti, Hashim S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ahmed, Abdullahi
• Application Number:
  US15/846,262
• Publication Number:
  US 20180176717A1
• Time in Patent Office: 679 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/04 Processing captured monitoring data, e.g. for logfile generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0829 Packet loss
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A method for Bluetooth mode switching, a Bluetooth system and an electronic device are disclosed. The module includes: in a data listen mode, determining, according to transmission of data packets, whether a predetermined switching condition is satisfied, wherein the data listen mode is a working mode that allows unidirectional acquisition of data packets delivered by a data source device in a Bluetooth communication process; and if the predetermined switching condition is satisfied, requesting to establish Bluetooth communication with the data source device, and switching to a Bluetooth communication mode.

Claims

1. A method for Bluetooth mode switching, comprising:

in a data listen mode, determining that a predetermined switching condition is satisfied if the number of data packets in a first data set is greater than the number of data packets in a second data set, wherein the data listen mode is a working mode that allows unidirectional acquisition of data packets delivered by a data source device in a Bluetooth communication process, and

if the predetermined switching condition is satisfied, requesting to establish Bluetooth communication with the data source device, and switching to a Bluetooth communication mode, wherein the first data set is formed by the data packets acquired in the data listen mode, and the second data set is formed by the data packets delivered in a second Bluetooth communication process.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein in the data listen mode, the method further comprises:

determining, according to a predetermined check pattern, whether the first data set formed by the data packets acquired in the data listen mode matches the second data set formed by the data packets delivered in the second Bluetooth communication process; and

acquiring a missing data packet in the first data set, if the first data set does not match the second data set, in order to match the first data set with the second data set.

3. An electronic device, comprising:

a memory, a communication module and a processor coupled to the memory and the communication module;

the memory storing instructions that are executable by the processor;

wherein execution of the instructions by the processor causes the processor via the communication module to;

in a data listen mode, determining that a predetermined switching condition is satisfied if the number of data packets in a first data set is greater than the number of data packets in a second data set, wherein the data listen mode is a working mode that allows unidirectional acquisition of data packets delivered by a data source device in a Bluetooth communication process, and

if the predetermined switching condition is satisfied, requesting to establish Bluetooth communication with the data source device, and switching to a Bluetooth communication mode, wherein the first data set is formed by the data packets acquired in the data listen mode, and the second data set is formed by the data packets delivered in a second Bluetooth communication process.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the execution of the instructions by the processor further causes the processor to:

determining, according to a predetermined check pattern, whether the first data set formed by the data packets acquired in the data listen mode matches the second data set formed by the data packets delivered in the second Bluetooth communication process; and

acquiring a missing data packet in the first data set, if the first data set does not match the second data set, in order to match the first data set with the second data set.

5. A Bluetooth system, comprising:

a data source device configured to provide data, a first device, and at least one second device configured to establish Bluetooth communication with the data source device, at least one communication connection channel being established between the second device and the first device;

wherein

the second device is configured to, in a data listen mode, determine that a predetermined switching condition is satisfied if the number of data packets in a first data set is greater than the number of data packets in a second data set, wherein the data listen mode is a working mode that allows unidirectional acquisition of data packets delivered by a data source device in a Bluetooth communication process, the first data set is formed by the data packets acquired in the data listen mode and the second data set is formed by the data packets delivered in a second Bluetooth communication process; and

if the predetermined switching condition is satisfied, the second device is configured to request to establish Bluetooth communication with the data source device, and switch to a Bluetooth communication mode; and

the first device switches to the data listen mode.

6. The Bluetooth system according to claim 5, wherein the second device is further configured to, in the data listen mode, determine, according to a predetermined check pattern, whether the first data set formed by the data packets acquired in the data listen mode matches the second data set formed by the data packets delivered in the Bluetooth communication process;

and

acquire a missing data packet in the first data set, if the first data set does not match the second data set, in order to match the first data set with the second data set.