Mobile communications system providing enhanced out of band (OOB) bluetooth pairing and related methods
First Claim
1. A communications system including:
- a communications device includinga first Bluetooth transceiver including a clock, the first Bluetooth transceiver being capable of scanning a plurality of different operating frequencies for a pairing request in a plurality of different scan modes based upon the clock, andan output device coupled with the first Bluetooth transceiver and capable of outputting data associated with the clock and a current scan mode of said first Bluetooth transceiver via a communications path different than Bluetooth; and
a mobile communications device includingan input device capable of receiving the clock data from the output device via the communications path, anda second Bluetooth transceiver coupled with the input device and capable of predicting the current scan mode of the first Bluetooth transceiver based upon the received clock data and generating the pairing request based upon a paging sequence, the paging sequence corresponding with the received clock data and the predicted current scan mode of said first Bluetooth transceiver.
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Abstract
A communications system may include a communications device including a first Bluetooth transceiver. The first Bluetooth transceiver may comprise a clock. The first Bluetooth transceiver may be capable of scanning a plurality of different operating frequencies for a pairing request based upon the clock. The communications device may further include an output device coupled with the Bluetooth transceiver and capable of outputting data associated with the clock via a communications path different than Bluetooth. The system may also include a mobile communications device including an input device capable of receiving the clock data from the output device via the communications path, and a second Bluetooth transceiver coupled with the input device and capable of generating the pairing request based upon the received clock data.
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21 Claims
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1. A communications system including:
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a communications device including a first Bluetooth transceiver including a clock, the first Bluetooth transceiver being capable of scanning a plurality of different operating frequencies for a pairing request in a plurality of different scan modes based upon the clock, and an output device coupled with the first Bluetooth transceiver and capable of outputting data associated with the clock and a current scan mode of said first Bluetooth transceiver via a communications path different than Bluetooth; and a mobile communications device including an input device capable of receiving the clock data from the output device via the communications path, and a second Bluetooth transceiver coupled with the input device and capable of predicting the current scan mode of the first Bluetooth transceiver based upon the received clock data and generating the pairing request based upon a paging sequence, the paging sequence corresponding with the received clock data and the predicted current scan mode of said first Bluetooth transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A mobile communications device including:
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an input device capable of receiving clock data associated with a first Bluetooth transceiver operating in a current scan mode from among a plurality of different scan modes via a communications path different than Bluetooth; and a second Bluetooth transceiver coupled with the input device and capable of predicting the current scan mode of the first Bluetooth transceiver based upon the received clock data and generating a pairing request for pairing with the first Bluetooth transceiver based upon a paging sequence, the paging sequence corresponding with the received clock data and the predicted current scan mode of the first Bluetooth transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A communications method for a first Bluetooth transceiver and a mobile communications device including a second Bluetooth transceiver, the method including:
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receiving clock data associated with the first Bluetooth transceiver operating in a current scan mode from among a plurality of different scan modes at the mobile communications device via a communications path different than Bluetooth; and predicting the current scan mode of the first Bluetooth transceiver based upon the received clock data and generating a pairing request with the second NFC transceiver for pairing with the first Bluetooth transceiver based upon a paging sequence, the paging sequence corresponding with the received clock data and the predicted current scan mode of the first Bluetooth transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for causing a mobile communications device to perform steps including:
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receiving clock data associated with a first Bluetooth transceiver operating in a current scan mode from among a plurality of different scan modes via a communications path different than Bluetooth; and predicting the current scan mode of the first Bluetooth transceiver based upon the received clock data and generating a pairing request with a second NFC transceiver of the mobile communications device for pairing with the first Bluetooth transceiver based upon a paging sequence, the paging sequence corresponding with the received clock data and the current scan mode of the first Bluetooth transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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