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Mobile communications system providing enhanced out of band (OOB) bluetooth pairing and related methods

  • US 8,995,908 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2012
  • Issued: 03/31/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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