Method and apparatus for searching neighboring bluetooth devices in a portable terminal
First Claim
1. A method for registering a neighboring Bluetooth devices in a portable terminal having a Bluetooth module, the method comprising:
- acquiring address of searched neighboring Bluetooth devices;
comparing an acquired address with addresses in a Bluetooth management database;
assigning a nickname to a searched neighboring Bluetooth device if a corresponding address is not found in the Bluetooth management database; and
registering the nickname of the searched neighboring Bluetooth device with the acquired address in the Bluetooth management database.
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Abstract
Provided are a method and an apparatus for searching neighboring Bluetooth devices in a portable terminal having a Bluetooth module. In the method, addresses of searched neighboring Bluetooth devices are used to determine whether the searched neighboring Bluetooth devices are newly-searched Bluetooth devices. If the searched neighboring Bluetooth devices are newly-searched neighboring Bluetooth devices, name request signals are transmitted to the newly-searched neighboring Bluetooth devices to acquire names of the newly-searched neighboring Bluetooth devices. Names of the newly-searched neighboring Bluetooth devices are created, and the addresses, names and names of the newly-searched neighboring Bluetooth devices are registered in a Bluetooth management database.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for registering a neighboring Bluetooth devices in a portable terminal having a Bluetooth module, the method comprising:
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acquiring address of searched neighboring Bluetooth devices;
comparing an acquired address with addresses in a Bluetooth management database;
assigning a nickname to a searched neighboring Bluetooth device if a corresponding address is not found in the Bluetooth management database; and
registering the nickname of the searched neighboring Bluetooth device with the acquired address in the Bluetooth management database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6)
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4. The method of claim 4, wherein the nickname further includes a serial number to distinguish the searched Bluetooth device if a neighboring Bluetooth device has a matching name and search date.
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7. A method for registering a neighboring Bluetooth device in a portable terminal having a Bluetooth module, the method comprising:
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acquiring an address of a searched neighboring Bluetooth device;
comparing the acquired address with addresses in a Bluetooth management database;
acquiring a name of the searched neighboring Bluetooth device if a matching address is not found in the Bluetooth management database;
assigning a nickname to the searched neighboring Bluetooth device; and
registering the nickname of the searched neighboring Bluetooth device with the address and the name of the searched neighboring Bluetooth device in the Bluetooth management database.
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8. A method for registering neighboring Bluetooth devices in a portable terminal having a Bluetooth module, the method comprising:
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acquiring addresses of searched neighboring Bluetooth devices;
determining, using the acquired addresses, whether the searched neighboring Bluetooth devices are newly-searched Bluetooth devices;
if the searched neighboring Bluetooth devices are newly-searched neighboring Bluetooth devices, transmitting name request signals to the newly-searched neighboring Bluetooth devices and acquiring names of the newly-searched neighboring Bluetooth devices;
assigning nicknames of the newly-searched neighboring Bluetooth devices; and
registering the addresses, names and nicknames of the newly-searched neighboring Bluetooth devices in a Bluetooth management database. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A method for searching for a neighboring Bluetooth device in a portable terminal having a Bluetooth module, the method comprising:
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acquiring an address of the neighboring Bluetooth device;
comparing the address with an address in a Bluetooth management database; and
identifying a nickname in the Bluetooth management database if the acquired address matches the address in the Bluetooth management database. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A portable terminal having a Bluetooth module for registering a neighboring Bluetooth device, comprising:
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a memory unit for storing a Bluetooth management database; and
a controller for acquiring addresses of searched neighboring Bluetooth devices, comparing an acquired address with an address in the Bluetooth management database, assigning a nickname of the searched neighboring Bluetooth devices if a corresponding address is not found in the Bluetooth management database; and
registering the nickname of the searched neighboring Bluetooth device with the address of the searched neighboring Bluetooth device in the Bluetooth management database. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A portable terminal having a Bluetooth module for searching a neighboring Bluetooth device, comprising:
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a memory unit for storing a Bluetooth management database; and
a controller for acquiring address of searched neighboring Bluetooth device, comparing an acquired address with an address in a Bluetooth management database and identifying a nickname in the Bluetooth management database if the acquired address matches the address in the Bluetooth management database. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for registering a neighboring Bluetooth device of a portable terminal comprising:
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a first code segment for acquiring an address of a searched neighboring Bluetooth device;
a second code segment for comparing the address of the searched neighboring Bluetooth device with an address in a Bluetooth management database;
a third code segment for assigning a nickname of the searched neighboring Bluetooth device if there is no matching address in the Bluetooth management database; and
a fourth code segment for registering the nickname of the searched neighboring Bluetooth device with the address of the searched neighboring Bluetooth device in the Bluetooth management database.
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23. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for searching for neighboring Bluetooth equipped portable terminals, comprising:
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a first code segment for acquiring an address of the searched neighboring portable terminals;
a second code segment for comparing the acquired address with addresses in a Bluetooth management database; and
a third segment for identifying a nickname in the Bluetooth management database if a corresponding address is found in the Bluetooth management database.
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