Device, system, method and computer readable medium for pairing of devices in a short distance wireless network

• US 7,551,593 B2
• Filed: 01/14/2005
• Issued: 06/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FCO V CLO Transferor LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: IXI Mobile (R&D) Ltd. (IXI Mobile, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fornell, Peter, Haparnas, Ziv, Itzchak, Avraham, Haller, Amit, Glick, Amir
• Primary Examiner(s): HO, DUC CHI
• Application Number:
  US11/036,589
• Publication Number:
  US 20050232187A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,621 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/10 Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks

Abstract

A device, a system, a method and a computer readable medium allowing a user to efficiently and easily add/remove or pair a processing device to a short distance wireless network is provided according to embodiments of the present invention. A user enters a PIN into a device. The device is then automatically paired to another device without any further user intervention to form a short distance wireless network in an embodiment of the present invention. A third party such as a manufacturer, reseller or telecommunication provider enables a processing device to be added to the short distance wireless network by generating a pairing message over the Internet or a SMS in an embodiment of the present invention. A user is able to know when a PIN code is invalid by a device performing error detection in another embodiment of the present invention. In still another embodiment of the present invention, the device also stores an error correction software component for correcting an erroneously inputted PIN.

Claims

1. A system for forming a short distance wireless network, the system comprising:

a logic unit in a first device to generate a plurality of short-range radio signals, such that a first short-range radio signal in the plurality of short-range radio signals comprises a request to establish communication in the short distance wireless network and a first identification symbol;

wherein a second device receives the first short-range radio signal, when the second device enters a short-range radio range of the first device;

wherein the second device receives a plurality of cellular signals from a wide area network, a first cellular signal in the plurality of cellular signals including a second identification symbol;

wherein the second device establishes wireless communication with the first device, when the first identification symbol included in the first short range radio signal matches the second identification symbol included in the first cellular signal; and

a logic unit in the first device to indicate when a third identification symbol entered into the first device by a user is erroneous and to correct the third identification symbol to the first identification symbol.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first device generates the plurality of short-range radio signals periodically after a user enters the first identification symbol into the first device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first device comprises a logic unit to indicate when the first identification symbol is valid.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first device includes a logic unit to indicate on a display of the first device that wireless communication between the first device and second device is established.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the first device includes a logic unit to correct the third identification symbol to the first identification symbol.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the second device comprises a logic unit to receive a first cellular signal, in the plurality of cellular signals, including the second identification symbol from the wide area network, wherein the wide area network is included in the Internet.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the second identification symbol is encrypted and the second device decrypts the encrypted second identification symbol.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the first cellular signal includes a digital signature and the second device authenticates the second identification symbol by validating the digital signature.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the second device comprises a logic unit to receive a message in the form of a first cellular signal, in the plurality of cellular signals, that indicates wireless communication between the first device and the second device are prevented.

10. A method for adding a first device to a short distance wireless network having a second device, the method comprising:

receiving a first identification symbol by a first device;

wherein the second device obtains a second identification symbol, by way of a cellular signal;

wherein the second identification symbol is stored in the second device;

transmitting a short-range radio signal including the first identification symbol from the first device to the second device;

wherein second device compares the first identification symbol with the second identification symbol;

wherein the second devices forms a short-range radio communication channel with the first device when the first identification symbol matches the second identification symbol;

indicating when a third identification symbol entered by the user is invalid;

correcting the third identification symbol to the first identification symbol; and

wherein the first identification symbol is entered into the first device by a user.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

notifying a user of forming the short-range communication channel between the first device and the second device.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the short-range radio signal is transmitted periodically after a user enters the first identification symbol into the first device;

and

wherein the short-range radio communication channel between the first device and the second device is formed when the second device enters the short-range radio signal range of the first device.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the second device decrypts the second identification symbol that has been encrypted.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the second device receives a cancellation message in the form of at least the cellular signal, the message indicates canceling the short-range radio communication channel between the first device and the second device;

and

wherein the short-range radio communication channel between the first device and the second device is cancelled in response to receiving the cancellation message.

15. A computer readable medium comprising logic code, wherein execution of the logic code by a processor causes a system to:

receive a short-range radio signal in a short distance wireless network;

receive a cellular signal in a wide area network; and

add a device to the short distance wireless network when a first identification symbol received in the form of the short-range radio signal matches a second identification symbol received in the form of the cellular signal;

determine whether a third identification symbol entered into the first device by a user is erroneous; and

correct the third identification symbol to the first identification symbol in response to determining that the third identification symbol is erroneous.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, further comprising logic code, wherein execution of the logic code by a processor further causes the system to notify a user on a display that the device is added to the short distance wireless network.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 15, further comprising logic code, wherein execution of the logic code by a processor further causes the system to decrypt the first identification symbol.