Method for using user data in a bluetooth device without user interface

• US 7,448,074 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2002
• Issued: 11/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Su-Hwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Revak; Christopher A
• Application Number:
  US10/146,690
• Publication Number:
  US 20030002678A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,365 Days
• Field of Search: 709/200
• US Class Current: 726/5
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method of utilizing user data in a Bluetooth device without a user interface. In one aspect, a method of utilizing user data in a Bluetooth device comprises transmitting user data from a first Bluetooth device having a user interface to a second Bluetooth device having no user interface, and storing the user data in the second Bluetooth device, reading out the stored user data in response to an input of a predetermined shortcut key, and establishing communication with a Bluetooth device that corresponds to the read-out user data.

Claims

1. A method of utilizing user data in a Bluetooth device, comprising the steps of:

transmitting user data from a first Bluetooth device having a user interface to a second Bluetooth device having no user interface, and storing the user data in the second Bluetooth device, wherein the user data comprises a fixed device address, a personal identification number (PIN), or a user friendly name, or any combination thereof;

the second Bluetooth device reading out the stored user data in response to an input of a predetermined shortcut key; and

the second Bluetooth device establishing direct communication with a third Bluetooth device that corresponds to the read-out user data, without using the first Bluetooth device as an intermediary.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of storing the user data comprises storing the user data in a flash memory.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting user data occurs automatically when the second Bluetooth device initially connects to the first Bluetooth device.

4. A method of utilizing user data in a Bluetooth device, comprising the steps of:

transmitting user data from a first Bluetooth device having a user interface to a second Bluetooth device having no user interface and storing the user data in the second Bluetooth device, wherein the user data comprises a fixed device address, a personal identification number (PIN), or a user friendly name, or any combination thereof;

the second Bluetooth device automatically reading out the stored user data by executing a predetermined software program in the second Bluetooth device; and

the second Bluetooth device establishing direct communication with a third Bluetooth device that corresponds to the read-out user data, without using the first Bluetooth device as an intermediary.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of storing the user data comprises storing the user data in a flash memory.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of transmitting user data occurs automatically when the second Bluetooth device initially connects to the first Bluetooth device.

7. A method of utilizing user data in a Bluetooth device, comprising the steps of:

transmitting user data from a first Bluetooth device having a user interface to a second Bluetooth device having no user interface and storing the user data in the second Bluetooth device, wherein the user data comprises a fixed device address, a personal identification number (PIN), or a user friendly name, or any combination thereof;

the second Bluetooth device generating a link key using the received user data and storing the link key;

the second Bluetooth device reading out the stored link key in response to an input of a predetermined shortcut key; and

the second Bluetooth device establishing direct communication with a third Bluetooth device that corresponds to the read-out link key, without using the first Bluetooth device as an intermediary.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of storing the link key comprises storing the link key in a flash memory.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of transmitting user data occurs automatically when the second Bluetooth device initially connects to the first Bluetooth device.

10. A method of utilizing user data in a Bluetooth device, comprising the steps of:

transmitting user data from a first Bluetooth device having a user interface to a second Bluetooth device having no user interface and storing the user data in the second Bluetooth device, wherein the user data comprises a fixed device address, a personal identification number (PIN), or a user friendly name, or any combination thereof;

the second Bluetooth device generating a link key using the received user data and storing the link key;

the second Bluetooth device automatically reading out the stored link key by executing a predetermined software program in the second Bluetooth device; and

the second Bluetooth device establishing direct communication with a third Bluetooth device that corresponds to the read-out link key, without using the first Bluetooth device as an intermediary.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of storing the link key comprises storing the link key in a flash memory.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of transmitting user data occurs automatically when the second Bluetooth device initially connects to the first Bluetooth device.