SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING BLUETOOTH DEVICE PAIRINGS
First Claim
1. A method for managing Bluetooth (BT) communications at a first BT device, the first BT device configured to communicate with a second BT device, comprising:
- identifying the second BT device;
accessing BT parameters associated with the identified second BT device based on access privileges; and
using the BT parameters to begin BT communication with the identified second BT device as an already paired device,wherein the BT parameters include a first BT device address, and wherein the first BT device adopts the first BT device address as its own BT device address.
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Abstract
A system and method manages Bluetooth connections between Bluetooth devices. A first Bluetooth device can have a virtual Bluetooth device associated with it. A virtual Bluetooth device can include Bluetooth parameters and values that when adopted by a second Bluetooth device, would allow the first and second Bluetooth devices to begin communicating as already paired devices. The first Bluetooth device can be configured to allow a Bluetooth connection with the second Bluetooth device only if the second Bluetooth device has the Bluetooth parameters associated with the first Bluetooth device. An administrator server can control access to virtual Bluetooth devices based on access privileges. The first Bluetooth device can identify the second Bluetooth device using methods other than Bluetooth communication. The first Bluetooth device can then access virtual Bluetooth device associated with the second Bluetooth device and establish a secure connection with the second Bluetooth device.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for managing Bluetooth (BT) communications at a first BT device, the first BT device configured to communicate with a second BT device, comprising:
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identifying the second BT device; accessing BT parameters associated with the identified second BT device based on access privileges; and using the BT parameters to begin BT communication with the identified second BT device as an already paired device, wherein the BT parameters include a first BT device address, and wherein the first BT device adopts the first BT device address as its own BT device address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A first Bluetooth (BT) device configured to communicate with a second BT device comprising:
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a identification module configured to identify the second BT device; a processor configured to access BT parameters associated with the identified second BT device based on access privileges and to begin BT communication with the second BT device as an already paired device, wherein the BT parameters include a BT device address, the BT device address being adopted by the first BT device as its own BT device address. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for managing Bluetooth (BT) communications between a first BT device and a plurality of second BT devices by an administrator server, the administrator server comprising a server memory, the method comprising:
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maintaining access data at the server memory, the access data specifying access privileges of the first BT device to the plurality of second BT devices; and controlling access of the first BT device to the plurality of second BT devices based on the access data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A first Bluetooth (BT) device configured to communicate with a second BT device, comprising:
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a BT module storing BT parameters, the BT module configured to establish a BT connection with a second BT device only if the second device has the same BT parameters; and a readable identifier that includes a reference to the BT parameters. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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