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

• US 20050232187A1
• Filed: 01/14/2005
• Published: 10/20/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FCO V CLO Transferor LLC (FIG LLC (d/b/a Fortress Investment Group LLC))
• Original Assignee: IXI Mobile (R&D) Ltd. (IXI Mobile, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fornell, Peter, Haller, Amit, Haparnas, Ziv, Itzchak, Avraham, Glick, Amir
• Granted Patent: US 7,551,593 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• 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

1-42. -42. (canceled)

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

a first device to generate a plurality of short-range radio signals, each short-range radio signal in the plurality of short-range radio signals include a request to establish communication in the short distance wireless network and a first identification symbol; and

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a second device to receive a first short-range radio signal in the plurality of short-range radio signals when the second device enters short-range radio range of the first device, the second device to establish wireless communication with the first device when the first identification symbol included in the first short range radio signal matches a second identification symbol stored in the second device,

wherein the second device communicates with a wide area network by using a plurality of cellular signals.

44. ) The system of claim 43, wherein the first device generates the plurality of short-range radio signals periodically after a user enters the first identification symbol into the first device.

45. ) The system of claim 43, wherein the first device includes a software component to indicate when a third identification symbol entered into the first device by a user is erroneous.

46. ) The system of claim 43, wherein the first device includes a software component to indicate when the first identification symbol is valid.

47. ) The system of claim 43, wherein the first device includes a software component to indicate on a display of the first device that wireless communication between the first device and second device is established.

48. ) The system of claim 45, wherein the first device includes a software component to correct the third identification symbol to the first identification symbol.

49. ) The system of claim 43, wherein the second device receives a first cellular signal, in the plurality of cellular signals, including the second identification symbol from the wide area network, wherein the wide area network is included in the Internet.

50. ) The system of claim 49, wherein the second identification symbol is encrypted and the second device decrypts the encrypted second identification symbol.

51. ) The system of claim 49, wherein the first cellular signal includes a digital signature and the second device authenticates the second identification symbol by validating the digital signature.

52. ) The system of claim 43, wherein the second device receives a message in the form of a first cellular signal, in the plurality of cellular signals, that indicates preventing wireless communication between the first device and the second device.

53. ) A method for adding a first device to a short distance wireless network having a second device, comprising:

providing a first identification symbol to the first device;

obtaining a second identification symbol, by the second device, using at least a cellular signal;

storing the second identification symbol in the second device;

generating a short-range radio signal including the first identification symbol to the second device from the first device;

comparing the first identification symbol to the second identification symbol; and

forming a short-range radio communication channel between the first device and the second device when the first identification symbol matches the second identification symbol.

54. ) The method of claim 53, further comprising:

notifying a user of forming the short-range communication channel between the first device and the second device.

55. ) The method of claim 53, wherein the generating includes generating the short-range radio signal periodically after a user enters the first identification symbol into the first device, wherein the short-range radio communication channel between the first device and the second device is formed when the second device enters the short-range radio signal range of the first device.

56. ) The method of claim 53, wherein the providing includes a user entering the first identification symbol into the first device and the method further comprising:

indicating when a third identification symbol entered by the user is invalid; and

correcting the third identification symbol to the first identification symbol.

57. ) The method of claim 53, wherein the obtaining includes:

decrypting the second identification symbol that has been encrypted.

58. ) The method of claim 53, further comprising:

receiving, by the second device, a message in the form of at least the cellular signal, the message indicates canceling the short-range radio communication channel between the first device and the second device; and

canceling the short-range radio communication channel between the first device and the second device.

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

a short-range radio software component to receive a short-range radio signal in a short distance wireless network;

a cellular software component to receive a cellular signal in a wide area network; and

a software component to add a device to the short distance wireless network when a first identification symbol received in the form of the cellular signal matches a second identification symbol received in the form of the short-range radio signal.

60. ) The article of manufacture of claim 59, further comprising:

a software component to notify a user on a display that the device is added to the short distance wireless network.

61. ) The article of manufacture of claim 59, further comprising:

a software component to remove the device from the short distance wireless network in response to a message received from the wide area network.

62. ) The article of manufacture of claim 61, further comprising:

a software component to decrypt the first identification symbol.