SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING BLUETOOTH DEVICES

• US 20100304674A1
• Filed: 06/01/2010
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Sang Don, JANG, Jin Ho
• Application Number:
  US12/791,231
• Publication Number:
  US 20100304674A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

A system and method for connecting Bluetooth devices are provided. The system includes a first device comprising a Bluetooth module, a relay terminal for transmitting information regarding the first device selected by a touch signal together with a Bluetooth connection request, and a second device for receiving the Bluetooth connection request and device information from the relay terminal, for analyzing the received Bluetooth connection request and the device information, and for transmitting a Bluetooth connection response accepting the request to the first device. The information includes an address of the first device and a name of the first device.

Claims

1. A system for connecting Bluetooth devices, the system comprising:

a first device comprising a Bluetooth module;

a relay terminal for transmitting information regarding the first device selected by a touch signal together with a Bluetooth connection request; and

a second device for receiving the Bluetooth connection request and device information from the relay terminal, for analyzing the received Bluetooth connection request and the device information, and for transmitting a Bluetooth connection response accepting the request to the first device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the relay terminal comprises:

a touch screen for displaying a list of connectable Bluetooth devices; and

a control unit for selecting, in a Bluetooth connection mode, the first device and the second device among the devices in the Bluetooth device list according to the touch signal, and for transmitting information regarding the first device to the second device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the control unit displays a list of Bluetooth devices previously connected and classified as one of the first device and the second device in the Bluetooth connection mode.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the control unit searches for Bluetooth devices according to a request, determines whether to add a selected one of found Bluetooth devices to at least one of a first device list and a second device list, and displays the device list comprising a newly added found Bluetooth device.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the control unit extracts, in response to a touch on the first device list, information regarding a Bluetooth device of the first device list indicated by a start point of the touch, and extracts information on a Bluetooth device of the second device list indicated by an end point of the touch.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the touch corresponds to a drag and drop.

7. The system of claim 2, wherein the control unit transmits information regarding the first device selected, the information comprising an address of the first device and a name of the first device, to the second device as part of the Bluetooth connection request.

8. The system of claim 2, wherein the relay terminal further comprises a storage unit for storing information regarding devices of the Bluetooth device list.

9. A method for connecting Bluetooth devices, the method comprising:

entering into, by a relay terminal, a Bluetooth connection mode to connect a first device with a second device through Bluetooth communication;

displaying a list of multiple Bluetooth devices usable as one of the first device and the second device on a screen in the Bluetooth connection mode;

selecting devices in the Bluetooth device list as the first device and the second device according to a touch signal; and

transmitting information regarding the first device together with a Bluetooth connection request to the second device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the displaying of the list of multiple Bluetooth devices comprises displaying a list of Bluetooth devices previously connected and classified as one of the first device and the second device in the Bluetooth connection mode.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the displaying of the list of multiple Bluetooth devices comprises:

searching for Bluetooth devices according to a request;

determining whether to add a selected one of found Bluetooth devices to at least one of a first device list and a second device list; and

adding the selected Bluetooth device to one of the first device list and the second device list according to the determination.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the selecting of the devices in the Bluetooth device list comprises:

determining a touch on a device of the first device list;

extracting information regarding a Bluetooth device of the first device list indicated by a start point of the touch; and

extracting information regarding a Bluetooth device of the second device list indicated by an end point of the touch.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the touch corresponds to a drag and drop.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the transmitting of the information regarding the first device comprises transmitting information regarding the first device selected, the information comprising an address of the first device and a name of the first device, to the second device as part of the Bluetooth connection request.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising storing information regarding devices of the Bluetooth device list.