Device, system, method and computer readable medium for pairing of devices in a short distance wireless network

• US 20030095521A1
• Filed: 11/21/2001
• Published: 05/22/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FCO V CLO Transferor LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: IXI Mobile (R&D) Ltd. (IXI Mobile, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fornell, Peter, Haller, Amit, Haparnas, Ziv, Itzchak, Avraham, Glick, Amir
• Granted Patent: US 6,845,097 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/10 Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks

Abstract

A device, a system, a method and a computer readable medium allowing a user to efficiently and easily add/remove or pair a processing device to a short distance wireless network is provided according to embodiments of the present invention. A user enters a PIN into a device. The device is then automatically paired to another device without any further user intervention to form a short distance wireless network in an embodiment of the present invention. A third party such as a manufacturer, reseller or telecommunication provider enables a processing device to be added to the short distance wireless network by generating a pairing message over the Internet or a SMS in an embodiment of the present invention. A user is able to know when a PIN code is invalid by a device performing error detection in another embodiment of the present invention. In still another embodiment of the present invention, the device also stores an error correction software component for correcting an erroneously inputted PIN.

Claims

1. ) A system for forming a short distance wireless network, comprising:

(a) a first device for generating a short-range radio signal message having a first identification symbol responsive to a user input; and

,

(b) a second device for communicating with the first device responsive to receiving the message and comparing the first identification symbol to a second identification symbol stored in the second device.

2. ) The system of claim 1, wherein the first device includes an error detection software component for indicating an erroneously input identification symbol.

3. ) The system of claim 1, wherein the first device includes an error correction software component for correcting an erroneously input identification symbol.

4. ) A system for forming a short distance wireless network, comprising:

(a) a first device for generating a short-range radio signal responsive to receiving a pairing message and an identification symbol; and

,

(b) a second device for generating a short-range radio signal containing the identification symbol and communicating with the first device responsive to the short-range radio signal.

5. ) The system of claim 4, wherein the pairing message is received from the Internet.

6. ) The system of claim 4, wherein the pairing message is received from a Short Message Service (“

SMS”

).

7. ) The system of claim 4, wherein the pairing message is received from a Wide Area Network (“

WAN”

).

8. ) The system of claim 4, wherein the pairing message includes an identification symbol, and a device name.

9. ) The system of claim 4, wherein the pairing message includes a pairing identification symbol and the first device compares the pairing identification symbol to the identification symbol from the second device.

10. ) The system of claim 9, wherein the first device receives a remove message for preventing communication between the first device and the second device.

11. ) The system of claim 10, further comprising:

(a) a processing device, in the wide area network, for generating the pairing message responsive to a user input.

12. ) The system of claim 11, wherein the processing device is a telecommunication provider processing device.

13. ) The system of claim 11, wherein the processing device is a seller processing device.

14. ) The system of claim 11, wherein the processing device is a processing device of a user of the second device.

15. ) The system of claim 11, wherein the user input is selected from the group consisting of a user identification symbol, a device name, a device manufacturer and a device model.

16. ) The system of claim 14, wherein the processing device is a computer and the user input is a second device identification symbol input to a web site in the wide area network.

17. ) The system of claim 4, wherein the second device is selected from a group consisting of a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a personal digital assistant, a headset, a pager, a printer, a watch, a digital camera and an equivalent.

18. ) The system of claim 4, wherein the first device includes a short-range radio processor and a 2.4 GHZ transceiver.

19. ) The system of claim 4, wherein the first device includes a short-range radio processor and a 5.7 GHZ transceiver.

20. ) The system of claim 4, wherein the second device includes a short-range radio processor and a 2.4 GHZ transceiver.

21. ) The system of claim 4, wherein the second device includes a short-range radio processor and a 5.7 GHZ transceiver.

22. ) The system of claim 4, wherein the pairing message is encrypted.

23. ) The system of claim 8, wherein the identification symbol is verified by the second device.

24. ) The system of claim 7, wherein the identification symbol is corrected by the second device.

25. ) The system of claim 4, wherein the paring message includes a digital signature.

26. ) A system for forming a short distance wireless network, comprising:

(a) a first device, having a display, for generating a short-range radio signal responsive to user inputting an identification symbol, wherein a user is notified of an invalid identification symbol responsive to detecting an error in the identification symbol; and

,

(b) a second device for communicating with the first device responsive to the short-range radio signal.

27. ) The system of claim 26, wherein the first device corrects the identification symbol.

28. ) The system of claim 26, wherein the first device includes a checksum software component and reed-solomon software component.

29. ) The system of claim 26, wherein the second device is a headset.

30. ) The system of claim 26, wherein the second device is a watch.

31. ) The system of claim 26, wherein the first device includes a short-range radio processor and a 2.4 GHZ transceiver.

32. ) The system of claim 26, wherein the first device includes a short-range radio processor and a 5.7 GHZ transceiver.

33. ) The system of claim 26, wherein the second device includes a short-range radio processor and a 2.4 GHZ transceiver.

34. ) The system of claim 26, wherein the second device includes a short-range radio processor and a 5.7 GHZ transceiver.

35. ) A method for adding a first device to a short distance wireless network having a second device, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing an identification symbol to the first device;

(b) generating a short-range radio signal containing the identification symbol to the second device from the first device; and

,

(c) forming a communication channel between the first device and the second device responsive the identification symbol.

36. ) The method of claim 35, further comprising the steps of:

(d) providing a pairing message to the second device and forming a communication channel responsive to the paring message.

37. ) The method of claim 36, wherein the pairing message is provided by the Internet.

38. ) The method of claim 36, wherein the pairing message is generated in response to a user input at a web page.

39. ) The method of claim 36, wherein the pairing message is generated in response to a user input at a telephone.

40. ) The method of claim 35, further comprising the steps of:

(d) detecting an error in the personal identification symbol; and

,

(e) notifying a user of the validity of the personal identification symbol.

41. ) The method of claim 35, further comprising the steps of:

(d) correcting an error in the personal identification symbol.

42. ) An article of manufacture, including a computer readable medium, comprising:

(a) a short-range radio software component for generating a short-range radio signal in a short distance wireless network; and

,

(b) a pairing software component for adding a device to the short distance wireless network in response to a pairing message.