Sonic fast-sync method and system for bluetooth

• US 9,276,668 B2
• Filed: 01/22/2014
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verifone, Inc. (Verifone Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verifone, Inc. (Verifone Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Paulson, Brett
• Primary Examiner(s): HULKA, JAMES R
• Application Number:
  US14/161,334
• Publication Number:
  US 20140134951A1
• Time in Patent Office: 769 Days
• Field of Search: 367/135
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 11/00 Transmission systems employing sonic, ultrasonic or infrasonic waves
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2603 Arrangements for wireless physical layer control H04B7/2612 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/10 Frequency-modulated carrier systems, i.e. using frequency-shift keying H04L27/32 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0866 using a dedicated channel for access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method, apparatus and computer program product for fast-synching a wireless Bluetooth connection using a first device'"'"'s wireless identifier is provided. One implementation of the present invention modulates the wireless identifier as a sonic Bluetooth code over a sonic carrier signal. To send the wireless identifier, one implementation accesses a storage area associated with the first wireless device holding the sonic carrier signal. Aspects of the invention then transmit the sonic Bluetooth code as modulated over the sonic carrier signal. A sonic transducer, such as a microphone on the second wireless device, receives the sonic carrier signal and wireless identifier for demodulation. In response, the second wireless device requests to establish a physical channel with the first wireless device using the wireless identifier received over the sonic carrier signal.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of facilitating a challenge-response communication protocol using a first wireless device, comprising:

accessing a storage area associated with the first wireless device having a sonic code modulated over a sonic carrier signal that includes at least the wireless identifier associated with the first wireless device;

transmitting the sonic code that includes the wireless identifier modulated over the sonic carrier signal to be received by a second wireless device through a sonic transducer; and

receiving a request from the second wireless device using the challenge-response protocol to establish a physical channel with the first wireless device based upon the wireless identifier transmitted to the second wireless device over the sonic carrier signal.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising

establishing a physical channel in accordance with the challenge-response protocol between the first wireless device and the second wireless device through an exchange of messages associated with the wireless identifier of the first wireless device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the exchange of messages occurs using at least a paging substate of the challenge-response protocol.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein modulating the data over the sonic carrier signal further comprises:

encoding the data over one or more frequencies of the sonic carrier signal in accordance with a frequency-shift keying (FSK) protocol.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the first wireless device is a headset and the storage area associated with the first wireless device is located inside the headset.

6. The method of claim 2 further comprising

authenticating the first wireless device and the second wireless device in accordance with the challenge-response protocol.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein authenticating further comprises:

generating a link key in accordance with a challenge-response protocol to authenticate the first wireless device and the second wireless device using at least the wireless identifier and an authentication key modulated over the sonic carrier signal.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein authenticating further comprises:

generating a link key in accordance with a challenge-response protocol to authenticate the first wireless device and the second wireless device using at least the wireless identifier modulated over the sonic carrier signal.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein authenticating further comprises:

generating a link key in accordance with a challenge-response protocol to authenticate the first wireless device and the second wireless device using at least the wireless identifier and a predetermined link key modulated over the sonic carrier signal.

10. An apparatus that facilitates challenge-response communication using a first wireless device, comprising:

a processor configured to execute instructions;

a memory having instructions when executed causes the processor to access a storage area associated with the first wireless device having a sonic code modulated over a sonic carrier signal that includes at least the wireless identifier associated with the first wireless device,

transmit the sonic code that includes the wireless identifier modulated over the sonic carrier signal to be received by a second wireless device through a sonic transducer, and

receive a request from the second wireless device using the challenge-response protocol to establish a physical channel with the first wireless device based upon the wireless identifier transmitted to the second wireless device over the sonic carrier signal.