Methods and devices for facilitating bluetooth pairing using a camera as a barcode scanner

• US 10,623,934 B2
• Filed: 08/24/2016
• Issued: 04/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Brown, Michael Stephen, Little, Herbert Anthony
• Primary Examiner(s): Milord, Marceau
• Application Number:
  US15/245,285
• Publication Number:
  US 20160366542A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,329 Days
• Field of Search: 455 412, 455 411, 455 413, 455466, 455566, 455411, 455558, 4555561, 455557, 455410
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2103 Challenge-response
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06028 using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06112 the marking being simulated using a light source, e.g. a barcode shown on a display or a laser beam with time-varying intensity profile
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/1318 using electro-optical elements or layers, e.g. electroluminescent sensing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00347 with another still picture apparatus, e.g. hybrid still picture apparatus circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between image input and image output device H04N1/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/327 Initiating, continuing or ending a single-mode communication; Handshaking therefor H04N1/32614 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32789 Details of handshaking H04N1/32793, H04N1/32795 and H04N1/32797 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0015 Control of image communication with the connected apparatus, e.g. signalling capability
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0027 Adapting to communicate with plural different types of apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0041 Point to point H04N2201/0039 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0055 By radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0086 Image transceiver H04N2201/0093 and H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0089 Image display device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/77 : Graphical identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 : User group management
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 : Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/186 : Processing of subscriber group data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 : Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 : Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

Embodiments of the systems, devices and methods described herein generally facilitate performing Bluetooth pairing between a first device and a second device. In accordance with one example embodiment, a first device generates a barcode that encodes Bluetooth pairing data for transmission to the second device, wherein the pairing data comprises a Bluetooth address associated with the first device, and wherein the pairing data further comprises a personal identification number usable to complete the Bluetooth pairing, the barcode is transmitted to the second device, and Bluetooth pairing is performed with the second device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating, at a device, security parameters associated with the device and usable to complete a short-range communication pairing with a second device;

rendering, at a display of the device, an optical representation of the security parameters;

in response to receiving an automatic response from the second device, performing the short-range communication pairing with the second device using pairing data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the short-range communication pairing comprises a Bluetooth pairing.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the optical representation of the security parameters comprises pairing initiation data.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to receiving the automatic response from the second device, terminating the rendering of the optical representation.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to receiving, at the device, a message that confirms receipt of the optical representation at the second device, terminating the rendering of the optical representation.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

exchanging the security parameters with the second device in relation to rendering the optical representation.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the device comprises one or more of a photo frame and a mobile device.

8. A device comprising:

a display, a short-range-communication transceiver, and a processor is configured to;

generate security parameters associated with the device and usable to complete a short-range communication pairing with a second device;

render, at the display, an optical representation of security parameters;

in response to receiving an automatic response from the second device, perform the short-range communication pairing with the second device using pairing data.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the short-range communication pairing comprises a Bluetooth pairing.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein the optical representation of the security parameters comprises pairing initiation data.

11. The device of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

in response to receiving the automatic response from the second device, terminate the rendering of the optical representation.

12. The device of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

in response to receiving a message that confirms receipt of the optical representation at the second device, terminate the rendering of the optical representation.

13. The device of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

exchange the security parameters with the second device in relation to rendering the optical representation.

14. The device of claim 8, wherein the device comprises one or more of a photo frame and a mobile device.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program, wherein execution of the computer program is for:

generating, at a device, security parameters associated with the device and usable to complete a short-range communication pairing with a second device

rendering, at a display of the device, an optical representation of security parameters;

in response to receiving an automatic response from the second device, performing the short-range communication pairing with the second device using pairing data.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the short-range communication pairing comprises a Bluetooth pairing.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the optical representation of the security parameters comprises pairing initiation data.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein execution of the computer program is further for:

in response to receiving the automatic response from the second device, terminating the rendering of the optical representation.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein execution of the computer program is further for:

in response to receiving at the device a message that confirms receipt of the optical representation at the second device, terminating the rendering of the optical representation.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein execution of the computer program is further for:

exchanging the security parameters with the second device in relation to rendering the optical representation.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the device comprises one or more of a photo frame and a mobile device.