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Method and apparatus for binding wireless devices

  • US 7,848,703 B1
  • Filed: 12/30/2004
  • Issued: 12/07/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method, comprising:

  • detecting whether a radio circuit of a wireless device can communicate with another wireless device in a normal wireless operating range while in a normal mode, wherein said detecting comprises at least one of the following;

    automatically determining without user intervention when the radio circuit is not wirelessly connected to the other wireless device; and

    automatically determining without user intervention when the radio circuit does not know an identification number of the other wireless device;

    if the radio circuit cannot communicate with the other wireless device in the normal mode, automatically switching the radio circuit to communicate in a binding mode using a reduced wireless operating range to bind the wireless device to the other wireless device; and

    after binding the wireless devices, automatically switching the radio circuit to communicate in the normal mode using the normal wireless operating range.

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