Wireless personal area network having authentication and associated methods
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1. A wireless personal area network (WPAN) system comprising:
- a plurality of WPAN devices having a limited communication range and using encrypted wireless communication therebetween when in an enabled state and not wirelessly communicating when in a disabled state; and
at least one of said WPAN devices comprising a WPAN identity reader for reading at least one identifying parameter of a user, for confirming that the user is an authorized user based upon reading the at least one identifying parameter, and for wirelessly communicating with at least one other WPAN device to switch the at least one other WPAN device and a further WPAN device from the disabled state to the enabled state based upon confirming the user is an authorized user, said at least one other WPAN device wirelessly communicating with said further WPAN device;
said at least one other WPAN device and said further WPAN device when in the enabled state switching back to the disabled state based upon movement of said at least one other WPAN device beyond the limited communication range with said WPAN identity reader.
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Abstract
A wireless personal area network (WPAN) system includes a plurality of WPAN devices using encrypted wireless communication therebetween when in an enabled state and not wirelessly communicating when in a disabled state. At least one of the WPAN devices includes a WPAN identity reader for reading at least one identifying parameter of a user, for confirming that the user is an authorized user based upon reading the at least one identifying parameter, and for wirelessly communicating with at least one other WPAN device to switch the at least one other WPAN device from the disabled state to the enabled state based upon confirming the user is an authorized user.
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1. A wireless personal area network (WPAN) system comprising:
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a plurality of WPAN devices having a limited communication range and using encrypted wireless communication therebetween when in an enabled state and not wirelessly communicating when in a disabled state; and at least one of said WPAN devices comprising a WPAN identity reader for reading at least one identifying parameter of a user, for confirming that the user is an authorized user based upon reading the at least one identifying parameter, and for wirelessly communicating with at least one other WPAN device to switch the at least one other WPAN device and a further WPAN device from the disabled state to the enabled state based upon confirming the user is an authorized user, said at least one other WPAN device wirelessly communicating with said further WPAN device; said at least one other WPAN device and said further WPAN device when in the enabled state switching back to the disabled state based upon movement of said at least one other WPAN device beyond the limited communication range with said WPAN identity reader. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for operating a wireless personal area network (WPAN) system comprising a plurality of WPAN devices having a limited communication range with at least one of the WPAN devices comprising a WPAN identity reader, the method comprising:
using the WPAN identity reader for reading at least one identifying parameter of a user, confirming that the user is an authorized user based upon reading the at least one identifying parameter, and wirelessly communicating with at least one other WPAN device to switch the at least one other WPAN device and a further WPAN device from a disabled state to an enabled state based upon confirming the user is an authorized user, the at least one other WPAN device and the further WPAN device using encrypted wireless communication when in the enabled state and not wirelessly communicating when in the disabled state, the at least one other WPAN device wirelessly communicating with the further WPAN device, and the at least one other WPAN device and the further WPAN device when in the enabled state switching back to the disabled state based upon movement beyond the limited communication range of the at least one other WPAN device with the WPAN identity reader. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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