Methods of providing body area network communications when a user touches a button of a wireless electronic device, and related wireless electronic devices and wearable wireless electronic devices
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1. A method of providing communications between a wearable first wireless electronic device and a second wireless electronic device, the method comprising:
- establishing a Body Area Network (BAN) link, through a human body of a user that is wearing the wearable first wireless electronic device, between the wearable first wireless electronic device and the second wireless electronic device, in response to the user touching a conductive button on the second wireless electronic device;
automatically transmitting authentication information that unlocks a display screen of the second wireless electronic device, via the BAN link, from the wearable first wireless electronic device to the second wireless electronic device, in response to the user touching the conductive button on the second wireless electronic device; and
receiving, at the wearable first wireless electronic device, the authentication information from the second wireless electronic device via a short-range over-the-air radio link, before establishing the BAN link.
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Abstract
Methods of providing communications between a wearable first wireless electronic device and a second wireless electronic device are provided. The methods include establishing a Body Area Network (BAN) link, through a human body of a user that is wearing the wearable first wireless electronic device, between the wearable first wireless electronic device and the second wireless electronic device, when the user touches a conductive button on the second wireless electronic device. Related wireless electronic devices and wearable wireless electronic devices are also provided.
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1. A method of providing communications between a wearable first wireless electronic device and a second wireless electronic device, the method comprising:
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establishing a Body Area Network (BAN) link, through a human body of a user that is wearing the wearable first wireless electronic device, between the wearable first wireless electronic device and the second wireless electronic device, in response to the user touching a conductive button on the second wireless electronic device; automatically transmitting authentication information that unlocks a display screen of the second wireless electronic device, via the BAN link, from the wearable first wireless electronic device to the second wireless electronic device, in response to the user touching the conductive button on the second wireless electronic device; and receiving, at the wearable first wireless electronic device, the authentication information from the second wireless electronic device via a short-range over-the-air radio link, before establishing the BAN link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A wearable first wireless electronic device, comprising:
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a Body Area Network (BAN) transceiver circuit configured to provide communications with a mobile second wireless electronic device via a BAN link through a human body of a user that is wearing the wearable first wireless electronic device, in response to the user touching a conductive button on the mobile second wireless electronic device; and a short-range radio transceiver circuit that is configured to receive authentication information from the mobile second wireless electronic device through a short-range over-the-air link before the wearable first wireless electronic device establishes the BAN link with the mobile second wireless electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A first wireless electronic device, comprising:
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a Body Area Network (BAN) transceiver circuit configured to provide BAN communications with a wearable second wireless electronic device via a BAN link through a human body of a user that is wearing the wearable second wireless electronic device and through a conductive button that is configured to control a device function of the first wireless electronic device, in response to the user touching the conductive button on the first wireless electronic device; a display screen; and a processor that is configured to unlock the display screen of the first wireless electronic device using authentication information, wherein the conductive button is configured to turn on the display screen, and wherein the BAN transceiver circuit is configured to receive the authentication information from the wearable second wireless electronic device, via the BAN link, through the conductive button on the first wireless electronic device that is configured to turn on the display screen in response to the user touching the conductive button on the first wireless electronic device that is configured to turn on the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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