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Patent No.:

US 10623934 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2016

Methods and devices for facilitating bluetooth pairing using a camera as a barcode scanner

Applicant:

Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Michael Stephen Brown, Kitchener, CA;

Herbert Anthony Little, Waterloo, CA;

Assignee:

BLACKBERRY LIMITED, Waterloo, CA;

Attorney:

Perry + Currier

Primary Examiner:

Marceau Milord

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/327 (2006.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 12/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/08 (2009.01); H04W 12/04 (2009.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/35 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 101/00 (2006.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/80 (2018.02); G06F 21/35 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06K 9/0004 (2013.01); G06K 19/06028 (2013.01); G06K 19/06037 (2013.01); G06K 19/06112 (2013.01); H04N 1/00347 (2013.01); H04N 1/327 (2013.01); H04N 1/32789 (2013.01); H04W 4/08 (2013.01); H04W 8/186 (2013.01); H04W 8/26 (2013.01); H04W 12/003 (2019.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); G06F 2221/2103 (2013.01); H04N 2101/00 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0015 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0027 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0041 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0055 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0084 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0086 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0089 (2013.01); H04W 12/00522 (2019.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the systems, devices and methods described herein generally facilitate performing Bluetooth pairing between a first device and a second device. In accordance with one example embodiment, a first device generates a barcode that encodes Bluetooth pairing data for transmission to the second device, wherein the pairing data comprises a Bluetooth address associated with the first device, and wherein the pairing data further comprises a personal identification number usable to complete the Bluetooth pairing, the barcode is transmitted to the second device, and Bluetooth pairing is performed with the second device.

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