AUTOMATIC PAIRING METHOD FOR BLUETOOTH®-ENABLED MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20080076389A1
• Filed: 09/20/2007
• Published: 03/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Young Ah, LEE, Seung Jai, SON, Suk Ryun
• Granted Patent: US 7,953,400 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0492 by using a location-limited connection, e.g. near-field communication or limited proximity of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication

Abstract

An automatic pairing method for a Bluetooth®-enabled mobile includes checking whether automatic authentication information has been received from a Bluetooth®-enabled appliance in response to an automatic pairing command, receiving pairing information from the Bluetooth®-enabled appliance and registering the Bluetooth®-enabled appliance as a slave if automatic authentication information is received, and establishing a Bluetooth® connection to the Bluetooth®-enabled appliance registered as a slave.

Claims

1. An automatic pairing method for a mobile terminal, comprising:

checking whether automatic authentication information has been received from a Bluetooth®

-enabled appliance in response to an automatic pairing command;

receiving pairing information from the Bluetooth®

-enabled appliance and registering the Bluetooth®

-enabled appliance as a slave if automatic authentication information has been received; and

establishing a Bluetooth®

connection to the Bluetooth®

-enabled appliance registered as a slave.

2. The automatic pairing method of claim 1, further comprising registering the Bluetooth®

-enabled appliance through a manual procedure if automatic authentication information has not been received.

3. The automatic pairing method of claim 2, wherein the automatic authentication information comprises authentication information indicating that the Bluetooth®

-enabled appliance supports automatic pairing.

4. The automatic pairing method of claim 1, wherein the pairing information is a registration number comprising a passkey or personal identification number for Bluetooth®

pairing.

5. The automatic pairing method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting data through the Bluetooth®

connection to the Bluetooth®

-enabled appliance.

6. The automatic pairing method of claim 5, wherein the data comprises voice data or music data.

7. The automatic pairing method of claim 1, wherein the Bluetooth®

-enabled appliance is a headset, a hands-free headset, a stereo headset, or a set of speakers capable of Bluetooth®

communication with the mobile terminal.

8. An automatic pairing method for a mobile terminal, comprising:

checking whether a Bluetooth®

-enabled appliance supports automatic pairing in response to an automatic pairing command;

sending automatic authentication information to the mobile terminal if the Bluetooth®

-enabled appliance supports automatic pairing;

sending pairing information to the mobile terminal; and

establishing a Bluetooth®

connection between Bluetooth®

-enabled appliance, as a slave, and the mobile terminal.

9. The automatic pairing method of claim 8, further comprising registering the Bluetooth®

-enabled appliance in the mobile terminal through a manual procedure if the Bluetooth®

-enabled appliance does not support automatic pairing.

10. The automatic pairing method of claim 8, wherein the automatic authentication information comprises authentication information indicating that the Bluetooth®

-enabled appliance supports automatic pairing.

11. The automatic pairing method of claim 8, wherein the pairing information is a registration number comprising a passkey or personal identification number for Bluetooth®

pairing.

12. The automatic pairing method of claim 11, wherein the Bluetooth®

-enabled appliance is a headset, a hands-free headset, a stereo headset, or a set of speakers capable of Bluetooth®

communication with the mobile terminal.