Method and apparatus for searching neighboring bluetooth devices in a portable terminal
First Claim
1. A method for registering a neighboring Bluetooth devices in a portable terminal having a Bluetooth module, the method comprising:
- acquiring addresses of searched neighboring Bluetooth devices;
comparing an acquired address with addresses in a Bluetooth management database;
assigning a nickname to a searched neighboring Bluetooth device if a corresponding address is not found in the Bluetooth management database; and
registering the nickname of the searched neighboring Bluetooth device with the acquired address in the Bluetooth management database,wherein the nickname is generated in the portable terminal.
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Abstract
Provided are a method and an apparatus for searching neighboring Bluetooth devices in a portable terminal having a Bluetooth module. In the method, addresses of searched neighboring Bluetooth devices are used to determine whether the searched neighboring Bluetooth devices are newly-searched Bluetooth devices. If the searched neighboring Bluetooth devices are newly-searched neighboring Bluetooth devices, name request signals are transmitted to the newly-searched neighboring Bluetooth devices to acquire names of the newly-searched neighboring Bluetooth devices. Names of the newly-searched neighboring Bluetooth devices are created, and the addresses, names and names of the newly-searched neighboring Bluetooth devices are registered in a Bluetooth management database.
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1. A method for registering a neighboring Bluetooth devices in a portable terminal having a Bluetooth module, the method comprising:
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acquiring addresses of searched neighboring Bluetooth devices; comparing an acquired address with addresses in a Bluetooth management database; assigning a nickname to a searched neighboring Bluetooth device if a corresponding address is not found in the Bluetooth management database; and registering the nickname of the searched neighboring Bluetooth device with the acquired address in the Bluetooth management database, wherein the nickname is generated in the portable terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for searching for a neighboring Bluetooth device in a portable terminal having a Bluetooth module, the method comprising:
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acquiring an address of the neighboring Bluetooth device; comparing the address with an address in a Bluetooth management database; and upon a determination that the acquired address matches the address in the Bluetooth management database, identifying, from the Bluetooth management database, a nickname generated in the mobile terminal such that the nickname is identified according to the acquired address. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A portable terminal having a Bluetooth module for registering a neighboring Bluetooth device, comprising:
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a memory unit for storing a Bluetooth management database; and a controller for acquiring addresses of searched neighboring Bluetooth devices, comparing an acquired address with an address in the Bluetooth management database, assigning a nickname of the searched neighboring Bluetooth devices if a corresponding address is not found in the Bluetooth management database; and
registering the nickname of the searched neighboring Bluetooth device with the address of the searched neighboring Bluetooth device in the Bluetooth management database,wherein the nickname is generated in the portable terminal. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A portable terminal having a Bluetooth module for searching a neighboring Bluetooth device, comprising:
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a memory unit for storing a Bluetooth management database; and a controller for acquiring an address of a searched neighboring Bluetooth device, comparing an acquired address with an address in a Bluetooth management database, and upon a determination that the acquired address matches the address in the Bluetooth management database, identifying, from the Bluetooth management database, a nickname generated in the mobile terminal such that the nickname is identified according to the acquired address. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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