Bypassing bluetooth discovery for devices in a special list

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9560184-B2
Application number	US-201213408211-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 29, 2012
Priority date	Feb 25, 2002
Publication date	Jan 31, 2017
Grant date	Jan 31, 2017

Abstract

A method of rejecting a Bluetooth communications request is disclosed. A portable device receives a Bluetooth communications request from a computing device. The communications request includes a device identification of the computing device. A list of trusted device identifications stored in a memory resource of the portable device is automatically accessed. The Bluetooth communications request is rejected in response to determining that the device identification is not in the list of trusted device identifications.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by a portable device, comprising:
receiving a Bluetooth communications request from a computing device, the Bluetooth communications request including a device identification of the computing device;
automatically accessing a list of trusted device identifications stored in a memory of the portable device, the list of trusted device identifications indicating one or more devices that previously established a communication session with the portable device;
displaying a representation of the device identification received from the computing device on a display device of the portable device;
determining whether the received device identification is in the list of trusted device identifications;
establishing a Bluetooth connection with the computing device by sending a Bluetooth page message to the computing device, without receiving a Bluetooth inquiry message from the computing device, in response to determining that the received device identification is in the list of trusted device identifications; and
rejecting the Bluetooth communications request in response to determining that the received device identification is not in the list of trusted device identifications.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the representation of the device identification is a Bluetooth friendly name.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the Bluetooth communications request is a page message.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
adding an entry to the list of trusted device identifications in response to user input.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein establishing the Bluetooth connection bypasses standard Bluetooth discovery processes.

6. A portable device comprising:
a display device;
a Bluetooth transceiver configured to receive a Bluetooth communications request from a computing device, the Bluetooth communications request including a device identification of the computing device;
a processor coupled to the Bluetooth transceiver; and
a memory configured to store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the portable device to:
automatically access a list of trusted device identifications stored in the memory, the list of trusted device identifications indicating one or more devices that previously established a communication session with the portable device;
display a representation of the device identification received from the computing device on the display device;
determine whether the received device identification is in the list of trusted device identifications;
establish a Bluetooth connection with the computing device by sending a Bluetooth page message to the computing device, without receiving a Bluetooth inquiry message from the computing device, in response to determining that the received device identification is in the list of trusted device identifications; and
reject the Bluetooth communications request in response to determining that the received device identification is not in the list of trusted device identifications.

7. The portable device of claim 6 , wherein the representation of the device identification is a Bluetooth friendly name.

8. The portable device of claim 6 , wherein the Bluetooth communications request is a page message.

9. The portable device of claim 6 , wherein execution of the instructions causes the portable device to add an entry in the list of trusted device identifications in response to user input.

10. The portable device of claim 6 , wherein the portable device comprises a cellular device.

11. The portable device of claim 6 , wherein execution of the instructions for establishing the Bluetooth connection bypasses standard Bluetooth discovery processes.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a portable device, cause the portable device to perform operations comprising:
receiving a Bluetooth communications request from a computing device, the Bluetooth communications request including a device identification of the computing device;
automatically accessing a list of trusted device identifications stored in a memory of the portable device, the list of trusted device identifications indicating one or more devices that previously established a communication session with the portable device;
displaying a representation of the device identification received from the computing device on a display device of the portable device;
determining whether the received device identification is in the list of trusted device identifications;
establishing a Bluetooth connection with the computing device by sending a Bluetooth page message to the computing device, without receiving a Bluetooth inquiry message from the computing device, in response to determining that the received device identification is in the list of trusted device identifications; and
rejecting the Bluetooth communications request in response to determining that the received device identification is not in the list of trusted device identifications.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the representation of the device identification is a Bluetooth friendly name.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the Bluetooth communications request is a page message.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein execution of the instructions causes the portable device to perform operations further comprising:
adding an entry to the list of trusted device identifications in response to user input.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein execution of the instructions for establishing the Bluetooth connection bypasses standard Bluetooth discovery processes.

Assignees

• Kammer David
• Davis Mark T
• Klein Eric
• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Kammer David
• Davis Mark T
• Klein Eric

Classifications

• H04L63/102 Primary

  Entity profiles · CPC title

• H04W84/18

  Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks · CPC title

• H04W8/22

  Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities · CPC title

• H04W76/10

  Connection setup · CPC title

• H04W8/18

  Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data · CPC title