METHOD FOR MAKING A HOST PERSONAL COMPUTER ACT AS AN ACCESSORY IN BLUETOOTH PICONET

• US 20170366923A1
• Filed: 06/16/2016
• Published: 12/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PixArt Imaging Incorporated
• Original Assignee: I O Interconnect Limited
• Inventors: Zeung, Ping-Shun
• Granted Patent: US 9,906,893 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4411 Configuring for operating with peripheral devices; Loading of device drivers
• 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 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

A method for making a PC act as an accessory device in BLUETOOTH piconet is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: a) providing a BLUETOOTH adapter; b) connecting the BLUETOOTH adapter to the personal computer (PC) with a software program running in an application level; c) installing a custom BLUETOOTH adapter bus driver to be accessed and operated solely by the software program; d) implementing all necessary BLUETOOTH software stack above and including a BLUETOOTH Host to Controller Interface (HCI) profile; and e) the PC serving as a slave device.

Claims

1. A method for making a personal computer act as an accessory in BLUETOOTH piconet, comprising:

a) providing a BLUETOOTH adapter;

b) connecting the BLUETOOTH adapter to the personal computer (PC) with a software program running in an application level;

c) installing a custom BLUETOOTH adapter bus driver to be accessed and operated solely by the software program;

d) implementing all necessary BLUETOOTH software stack above and including a BLUETOOTH Host to Controller Interface (HCI) profile; and

e) the PC serving as a slave device, wherein the slave device is adapted to be an accessory device for a handheld computer, wherein the PC plays both Bluetooth host and accessory roles simultaneously.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the BLUETOOTH adapter has a USB (universal serial bus) interface, UART (universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter) interface, or SDIO (Secure Digital Input Output) interface.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the BLUETOOTH adapter is a dongle when it has a USB interface.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein step d) further comprises implementing a plurality of protocols, wherein the protocols comprise, an L2CAP (logical link control and adaptation protocol), an RFCOMM (Radio Frequency Communications) and an SDP (Service Discovery Protocol).

5. The method of claim 1, wherein step d) further comprises implementing a plurality of BLUETOOTH application profiles, wherein the BLUETOOTH application profiles comprise, an HID (human interface device), HFP (Hand-Free Profile), A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), and BLE (BLUETOOTH low energy).