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METHOD OF SELECTIVELY PAIRING WIRELESS CONTROLLER TO MULTIPLT DENTAL/MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS

  • US 20140062662A1
  • Filed: 02/25/2013
  • Published: 03/06/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for controlling a plurality of devices, the system comprising:

  • a master device and a plurality of slave devices;

    the master device configured to control one slave device selected from the plurality of slave devices;

    a communication protocol configured with a predetermined addressing scheme in which the master device is configured to learn an address associated with each slave device, and each slave device is configured to learn an address of the master device;

    wherein a communication between the master device and the one slave device includes both the master device address and the slave device address;

    the communication protocol configured to;

    request an activity level from each of the plurality of slave devices;

    determine which slave device of the plurality of slave devices exhibits a predetermined threshold level of activity;

    select the one slave device having the predetermined threshold level of activity; and

    control the one slave device by the master device.

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