DEVICES AND METHODS FOR HANDS-FREE CONNECTIVITY TO PLURAL DEVICES
First Claim
1. A method of a hands-free device, comprising:
- determining a paired device list that includes at least one voice communication device and at least one non-voice communication device;
initiating short-range communication by paging for a first voice communication device that is the last-connected voice communication device of the paired device list;
initiating short-range communication by paging for a second voice communication device that is the next to the last-connected voice communication device of the paired device list in response to the paired device list containing two voice communication devices and in response to the unacknowledged paging for the first voice communication device;
initiating short-range communication by a paging for a first non-voice communication device that is the last-connected non-voice communication device of the paired device list;
wherein a rate at which paging for the first voice communication device is followed by at least one of the paging for the second voice communication device or the paging for a non-voice communication device is at a first predetermined rate.
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Abstract
Disclosed are a hands-free device and a method of a hands-free device for automatic connectivity to two or more handheld devices. Upon power-up of the hands-free device, the device may cycle through all voice communication devices on its paired device list until it either cycles through the entire list or establishes a connection link before reaching the end of the list. It may then cycle through all non-voice communication devices on its paired device list. Once all voice and non-voice communication devices on the paired device list have been paged, the hands-free device may enter an idle mode where it is possible for a user to add a new device to the paired device list. The hands-free device may repeat the cycle through the voice communication devices in the paired device list, at a slower rate than the previous cycle through.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of a hands-free device, comprising:
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determining a paired device list that includes at least one voice communication device and at least one non-voice communication device; initiating short-range communication by paging for a first voice communication device that is the last-connected voice communication device of the paired device list; initiating short-range communication by paging for a second voice communication device that is the next to the last-connected voice communication device of the paired device list in response to the paired device list containing two voice communication devices and in response to the unacknowledged paging for the first voice communication device; initiating short-range communication by a paging for a first non-voice communication device that is the last-connected non-voice communication device of the paired device list; wherein a rate at which paging for the first voice communication device is followed by at least one of the paging for the second voice communication device or the paging for a non-voice communication device is at a first predetermined rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A hands-free device, comprising:
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a short-range transceiver for short-range communication; a controller coupled to the short-range transceiver; a determining module coupled to the controller and configured to determine a paired device list that includes at least one voice communication device and at least one non-voice communication device; an initiating module coupled to the controller and configured to; initiate short-range communication by paging a first voice communication device that is the last-connected voice communication device of the paired device list; initiate short-range communication by paging a second communication voice device that is the next to the last-connected voice communication device of the paired device list if the paired device list contains two voice communication devices and if initiation of short-range communication with the first voice communication device fails; and initiate short-range communication by paging a first non-voice communication device that is the last-connected non-voice communication device of the paired device list; wherein; a rate at which paging for the first voice communication device is followed by at least one of the paging for the second voice communication device or the paging for a non-voice communication device is at a first predetermined rate. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of a hands-free device, comprising:
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determining a paired device list that includes at least one voice communication device and at least one non-voice communication device; initiating short-range communication by paging for a first voice communication device that is the last-connected voice communication device of the paired device list; initiating short-range communication by paging for a second voice communication device that is the next to the last-connected voice communication device of the paired device list in response to the paired device list containing two voice communication devices and in response to the unacknowledged paging for the first voice communication device; initiating short-range communication by a paging for a first non-voice communication device that is the last-connected non-voice communication device of the paired device list; discontinuing initiating short-range communication for an idle period after all voice communication devices of the paired device list have been paged. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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