METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING HANDS-FREE PROFILE CONTROL, AND ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
First Claim
1. A method for performing hands-free profile (HFP) control, the method being applied to an electronic device, the method comprising the steps of:
- establishing a plurality of Bluetooth (BT)-Asynchronous Connection-Less (ACL) links between the electronic device and a plurality of wireless accessory devices, respectively; and
dynamically updating a default-active-device parameter in a device information table to be a unique identification of a specific wireless accessory device of the plurality of wireless accessory devices, in order to maintain a single BT-Synchronous Connection-Oriented (SCO) link between the electronic device and the specific wireless accessory device according to the default-active-device parameter, wherein the device information table comprises a plurality of unique identifications of the wireless accessory devices of which the BT-ACL links are established with the electronic device.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing hands-free profile (HFP) control and associated computer program product are provided. The method is applied to an electronic device. The method includes: establishing a plurality of Bluetooth (BT)-Asynchronous Connection-Less (ACL) links between the electronic device and a plurality of wireless accessory devices, respectively; and dynamically updating a default-active-device parameter in a device information table to be a unique identification of a specific wireless accessory device of the plurality of wireless accessory devices, in order to maintain a single BT-Synchronous Connection-Oriented (SCO) link between the electronic device and the specific wireless accessory device according to the default-active-device parameter, where the device information table includes unique identifications of the wireless accessory devices of which the BT-ACL links are established with the electronic device. For example, the electronic device can be an Audio Gateway (AG) device, and the wireless accessory devices can be Hands-Free Unit (HF) devices.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for performing hands-free profile (HFP) control, the method being applied to an electronic device, the method comprising the steps of:
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establishing a plurality of Bluetooth (BT)-Asynchronous Connection-Less (ACL) links between the electronic device and a plurality of wireless accessory devices, respectively; and dynamically updating a default-active-device parameter in a device information table to be a unique identification of a specific wireless accessory device of the plurality of wireless accessory devices, in order to maintain a single BT-Synchronous Connection-Oriented (SCO) link between the electronic device and the specific wireless accessory device according to the default-active-device parameter, wherein the device information table comprises a plurality of unique identifications of the wireless accessory devices of which the BT-ACL links are established with the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for performing hands-free profile (HFP) control, the apparatus comprising at least one portion of an electronic device, the apparatus comprising:
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a wireless control circuit arranged to perform wireless communication control for the electronic device; and a processing circuit, coupled to the wireless control circuit, arranged to establish, by utilizing the wireless control circuit, a plurality of Bluetooth (BT)-Asynchronous Connection-Less (ACL) links between the electronic device and a plurality of wireless accessory devices, respectively, wherein the processing circuit dynamically updates a default-active-device parameter in a device information table to be a unique identification of a specific wireless accessory device of the plurality of wireless accessory devices, in order to maintain a single BT-Synchronous Connection-Oriented (SCO) link between the electronic device and the specific wireless accessory device according to the default-active-device parameter, wherein the device information table comprises a plurality of unique identifications of the wireless accessory devices of which the BT-ACL links are established with the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program product, having program instructions for instructing a processor of an electronic device to perform a method comprising the steps of:
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establishing a plurality of Bluetooth (BT)-Asynchronous Connection-Less (ACL) links between the electronic device and a plurality of wireless accessory devices, respectively; and dynamically updating a default-active-device parameter in a device information table to be a unique identification of a specific wireless accessory device of the plurality of wireless accessory devices, in order to maintain a single BT-Synchronous Connection-Oriented (SCO) link between the electronic device and the specific wireless accessory device according to the default-active-device parameter, wherein the device information table comprises a plurality of unique identifications of the wireless accessory devices of which the BT-ACL links are established with the electronic device.
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