Method for coordinating built-in bluetooth modules

• US 20040044913A1
• Filed: 08/29/2002
• Published: 03/04/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shin Jiuh Corp.
• Original Assignee: Shin Jiuh Corp.
• Inventors: Wu, Kuang Ming
• Application Number:
  US10/230,316
• Publication Number:
  US 20040044913A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0231 Cordless keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A method for coordinating built-in bluetooth modules mainly establishes a coordinating program in a bluetooth keyboard module to coordinate a HUB, a wireless keyboard control equation and process procedures of a host controller interface (HCI) resided in the bluetooth keyboard module. The coordinating program enables the wireless keyboard control equation to generate a simulated keyboard signal to enable a conventional keyboard to start operation smoothly. Meanwhile, the coordinating program coordinates the wireless keyboard control equation and the HCI process procedures to enable future operating systems equipped with a bluetooth driver program to directly use the receiving end of the bluetooth keyboard to form a standardized specification.

Claims

1. A method for coordinating built-in bluetooth modules that include a coordinating procedure and a bluetooth protocol process program in a bluetooth keyboard to form a wireless bluetooth module to equip with overlapped functions, comprising the steps of:

a. determining at an initial operation time whether an authentication key is depressed;

b. registering a USB keyboard module to a PC processor if the authentication key is not depressed; and

c. proceeding an authentication process, and performing hand-shaking and authentication for a keyboard transmission/receiving end if the authentication key is depressed, then registering the USB keyboard module to the PC processor.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the authentication (identifying password) process includes registering to the computer by entering a serial number (password) by an user at the initial use time from a keyboard or by a self-setting password.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the coordinating procedure and the bluetooth protocol process program are loaded into a single chip and linked to a HUB, a wireless keyboard control equation and a host controller interface (HCI) process procedure of a bluetooth keyboard module.

4. A method for coordinating built-in bluetooth modules that include a coordinating procedure and a bluetooth protocol process program in a bluetooth keyboard to form a wireless bluetooth module to equip with overlapped functions, comprising the steps of:

a. registering a USB keyboard module to a PC processor and processing USB Dongle/HCI registration for not initial operation;

b. determining whether having received data or commands emitted from a wireless keyboard when no keyboard commands or data are received from the USB after the USB Dongle/HCI registration processing has finished;

proceeding a wireless keyboard process and control procedure when keyboard commands or data are received from the USB, then determining whether having received data or commands emitted from the wireless keyboard;

c. determining whether having received bluetooth module HCI commands or data from the USB when not receiving data or commands emitted from the wireless keyboard;

proceeding a wireless keyboard function process and control procedure when having received the data or commands emitted from the wireless keyboard, then determining whether having received bluetooth module HCI commands or data from the USB;

d. determining whether having received other non-keyboard commands or data from a bluetooth base band when not receiving the bluetooth module HCI commands or data from the USB;

proceeding a bluetooth module HCI process and interpretation program when having received the bluetooth module HCI commands or data from the USB, then determining whether having received other non-keyboard commands or data from the bluetooth base band; and

e. determining whether to proceed a power saving operation mode when non-keyboard commands or data were not received from the bluetooth base band;

proceeding a bluetooth module HCI process program when the non-keyboard commands or data were received from the bluetooth base band, then determining whether having received the keyboard commands or data from the USB.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the proceeding of the bluetooth module HCI process program is followed by determining whether to proceed the power saving operation mode;

proceeding determination of commands and data in the event of not being the power saving operation mode;

proceeding park, hold or sniff mode alteration and process for the bluetooth module base band portion in the event of being the power saving operation mode, then proceeding the determination of commands and data.

6. The method of claim 4 further including a step of entering a standby mode when the coordinating procedure and the bluetooth protocol process program receive no commands or data.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the coordinating procedure and the bluetooth protocol process program are loaded into a single chip and linked to a HUB, a wireless keyboard control equation and a HCI process procedure of a bluetooth keyboard module.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the coordinating procedure and the bluetooth protocol process program, the wireless keyboard control equation and the HCI process procedure are integrated in a single chip.