METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA IN BLUETOOTH DEVICES

• US 20110136434A1
• Filed: 12/08/2010
• Published: 06/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHOI, Sung Choon
• Application Number:
  US12/963,074
• Publication Number:
  US 20110136434A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• 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 Bluetooth device and a method for transmitting data among Bluetooth devices are provided. The method includes, at a first Bluetooth device, receiving data from a second Bluetooth device with which the first Bluetooth device establishes a Bluetooth connection, at the first Bluetooth device, determining whether a forwarding mode is activated, and if the forwarding mode is activated, transmitting the received data to at least one target Bluetooth device selected depending on preset forwarding information.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting data in Bluetooth devices, the method comprising:

at a first Bluetooth device, receiving data from a second Bluetooth device with which the first Bluetooth device establishes a Bluetooth connection;

at the first Bluetooth device, determining whether a forwarding mode is activated; and

if the forwarding mode is activated, transmitting the received data to at least one target Bluetooth device selected depending on preset forwarding information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the received data to at least one target Bluetooth device comprises:

retrieving identification information regarding the target Bluetooth device to which the received data will be forwarded; and

forwarding the received data to the target Bluetooth device indicated by the retrieved identification information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the retrieving of the identification information comprises:

if the identification information regarding at least two target Bluetooth devices is retrieved from the forwarding information, at least one of assigning priority to each target Bluetooth device and selecting one of the target Bluetooth devices at random.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the determining of whether a forwarding mode is activated includes determining a forwarding type based on the forwarding mode,

and wherein the forwarding of the received data includes transmitting the data to at least one of the target Bluetooth device with a first priority and the target Bluetooth device selected at random according to the forwarding type.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein, if the forwarding type is a batch forwarding type, the forwarding of the received data includes sequentially transmitting the data to the target Bluetooth devices from one target Bluetooth device with the first priority to another target Bluetooth device with the last priority, depending on the forwarding information.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein, if the forwarding type is a batch forwarding type, the forwarding of the received data includes sequentially forwarding the data to the target Bluetooth devices selected at random.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein, if the forwarding type is a sequential forwarding type, the forwarding of the received data includes:

forwarding the data to one target Bluetooth device with senior priority; and

at the target Bluetooth device with the senior priority, forwarding the data to other target Bluetooth device with junior priority.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein, if the forwarding type is a sequential forwarding type, the forwarding of the received data includes:

forwarding the data to one target Bluetooth device selected at random among the target Bluetooth devices registered in the forwarding information; and

at the selected target Bluetooth device, forwarding the data to another target Bluetooth device reselected at random among the registered target Bluetooth devices except the selected target Bluetooth device.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein the transmitting of the received data is performed without an authentication procedure based on Bluetooth communication for the target Bluetooth device.

10. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

at the first Bluetooth device, releasing the Bluetooth connection from the second Bluetooth device;

transmitting a request for a new Bluetooth connection to a specific Bluetooth device selected depending on the forwarding information; and

forwarding the received data to the specific Bluetooth device when receiving a response signal from the specific Bluetooth device.

11. A Bluetooth device, the device comprising:

a Bluetooth module for supporting Bluetooth communication;

a memory unit for storing data received through the Bluetooth module; and

a control unit for forwarding the received data to a target Bluetooth device selected depending on preset forwarding information in a forwarding mode.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the control unit controls the data forwarding for at least one of the target Bluetooth device, depending on a forwarding type based on the forwarding mode.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the control unit controls the data forwarding for a plurality of the target Bluetooth devices according to at least one of a forwarding priority and a random selection.

14. The device of claim 12, wherein the control unit controls at least one of the data forwarding for at least one of a plurality of the target Bluetooth devices from one target Bluetooth device with a first priority to another target Bluetooth device with a last priority and a specific Bluetooth device selected from the plurality of the target Bluetooth devices.

15. The device of claim 12, wherein the forward type comprises at least one of a batch forwarding type and sequential forwarding type.

16. The device of claim 11, wherein the control unit controls to release the Bluetooth connection from the second Bluetooth device at the first Bluetooth device, transmit a request for a new Bluetooth connection to a specific Bluetooth device selected depending on the forwarding information, and forwards the received data to the specific Bluetooth device when receiving a response signal from the specific Bluetooth device.