METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM ESTABLISHING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CHANNEL BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES

• US 20150271168A1
• Filed: 11/01/2013
• Published: 09/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: CapitalBio Corporation, Tsinghua University
• Original Assignee: CapitalBio Corporation, Tsinghua University
• Inventors: Zhang, Guanbin, Xing, Wanli, Sheng, Tao, Hao, Junmin
• Application Number:
  US14/438,590
• Publication Number:
  US 20150271168A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0876 based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/18 using different networks or channels, e.g. using out of band channels cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving distinctive intermediate devices or communication paths H04L9/0827; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for authentication using a plurality of channels H04L9/3215
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/65 Environment-dependent, e.g. using captured environmental data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

Provided herein are methods, devices, and systems of wireless communication. In one embodiment, a method for wireless communication between a first electronic device and a second electronic device includes: providing information symbols to the first electronic device, transmitting a pairing request from the first electronic device to the second electronic device, obtaining a pairing password by accessing a database, and establishing a wireless communication channel between the first electronic device and the second electronic device. In some embodiments, the information symbols are provided audibly or visually by the second electronic device and include a wireless communication address of the second electronic device. In some embodiments, the pairing pass word is obtained using the wireless communication address. In some embodiments, the wireless communication channel is obtained using the obtained pairing password.

Claims

1. A method of wireless communication between a first electronic device and a second electronic device, comprising:

providing information symbols to the first electronic device, the information symbols provided audibly or visually by the second electronic device and comprising a wireless communication address of the second electronic device;

transmitting a pairing request from the first electronic device to the second electronic device using the wireless communication address;

obtaining a pairing password by accessing a database; and

establishing a wireless communication channel between the first electronic device and the second electronic device using the obtained pairing password.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information symbols comprise at least one of a two-dimensional code, a bar code, and a voice code.

3. The method claim 1, wherein the information symbols are encrypted or encoded.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein providing information symbols comprises at least one of obtaining an optical representation of the information symbols, obtaining an audible representation of the information symbols, and receiving characters representing the information symbols.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a notification on the first electronic device that a wireless communication channel has been established.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting to the second electronic device at least one of an operation instruction and identification information of a third electronic device, and wherein the at least one of an operation instruction and the identification information instructions is encoded or encrypted.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising transmitting the operation instructions from the first electronic device to the second electronic device.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising transmitting the identification information of the third electronic device from the first electronic device to the second electronic device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising establishing wireless communication between the third electronic device and the second electronic device based on the transmitted identification information.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the transmitted identification information comprises at least one of a Bluetooth address of the third electronic device, an IP address of the third electronic device, and a MAC address of the third electronic device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the first electronic device is a master device and the second electronic device is a slave device in the wireless communication.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication channel is a Bluetooth communication channel.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication operates according to a short range radio communication standard.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the standard is a Bluetooth standard.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the standard is a Wi-Fi Direct standard.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the wireless communication is configured to operate at a range of no more than 100 meters.

17. A first electronic device for wireless communication with a second electronic device, comprising:

an information collection module to collect information symbols provided audibly or visually by the second electronic device, the information symbols comprising a wireless communication address of the second electronic device;

a data transmission module to wirelessly transmit a pairing request from the first electronic device to the second electronic device using the wireless communication address; and

a database for storing a pairing password, wherein the database is accessed and the pairing password is retrieved, and wherein the wireless communication is established over a wireless communication channel when the retrieved pairing password corresponds to a preset password.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the information symbols comprises at least one of a two-dimensional code, a bar code, and a voice code.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein providing information symbols comprises at least one on of obtaining an optical representation of the information symbols, obtaining an audible representation of the information symbols, and receiving characters representing the information symbols.

20. A wireless communication system comprising:

a first electronic device; and

a second electronic device providing audible or visual information signals, the information symbols comprising a wireless communication address of the second electronic device, wherein the first electronic device

collects the information symbols and

transmits a pairing request to the second electronic device based on the wireless communication address.