SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CONNECTIVITY STATUS OF SHORT RANGE WIRELESS DEVICES
First Claim
1. A system for detecting the loss of connectivity between paired devices that utilize short range wireless communication technology, the system comprising:
- a master device configured to communicate with multiple slave devices via short range wireless communication technology;
at least one slave device configured to communicate with the master device via short range wireless communication technology; and
wherein the system is configured to designate both all of the slave devices and less than all of the slave devices as a device of interest, the system further being configured to determine a connectivity status between the master device and the device(s) of interest and to trigger an alert on the master device when the connectivity status between the slave device(s) of interest and the master device changes from connected to not connected, the alert on the master device being of a type that is at least one of aurally, visually, or physically perceivable by a user of the master device.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating alerts once connectivity to a designated short range wireless (SRW) device is lost. Once connectivity is lost, an alert is sent to a master device (such as a mobile phone) notifying the master device user that connectivity to the designated SRW device has been lost. The master device user designates one or more paired SRW devices from a list of all paired SRW devices registered on the master device. For each SRW device of interest, a default or preferred alert method is chosen. The SRW devices of interest and their associated alert methods are saved in a file that resides either on the master device or a shared host device. A background process runs on the master or host device so as to read and parse the user'"'"'s preferences and, accordingly, generates and sends alerts. For devices that support global system events and that expose SRW connectivity events, the background process intercepts those events associated with SRW devices of interest and generates alerts accordingly. For devices that do not support global system events or do not expose SRW connectivity events, the background process polls the connectivity with each SRW device of interest based on a pre-determined interval. If polling fails, indicating a lost connection, the appropriate alerts are triggered.
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1. A system for detecting the loss of connectivity between paired devices that utilize short range wireless communication technology, the system comprising:
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a master device configured to communicate with multiple slave devices via short range wireless communication technology; at least one slave device configured to communicate with the master device via short range wireless communication technology; and wherein the system is configured to designate both all of the slave devices and less than all of the slave devices as a device of interest, the system further being configured to determine a connectivity status between the master device and the device(s) of interest and to trigger an alert on the master device when the connectivity status between the slave device(s) of interest and the master device changes from connected to not connected, the alert on the master device being of a type that is at least one of aurally, visually, or physically perceivable by a user of the master device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for detecting the loss of connectivity between paired devices that utilize short range wireless communication technology, the method comprising:
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providing a master device configured to communicate with multiple slave devices via short range wireless communication technology; designating at least one slave device as a device of interest; determining connectivity status between the master device and the device(s) of interest; triggering an alert on the master device when connectivity status between the master device and the device(s) of interest changes from connected to not connected; and wherein the alert is of a type that is at least one of aurally, visually, or physically perceivable by a user of the master device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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