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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2017
Roche Diabetes Care, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Craig L Carlson, Fishers, IN (US);
Roche Diabetes Care, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for affirming the pairing of BLUETOOTH® enabled devices using an affirmation key. The method is performed by a BLUETOOTH® enabled peripheral computing device. The method includes a) advertising availability of the BLUETOOTH® enabled peripheral computing device for pairing, b) receiving a scan request from a BLUETOOTH® enabled central computing device, c) transmitting a scan response to the BLUETOOTH® enabled central computing device in response to the scan request, d) providing an affirmation value to the BLUETOOTH® enabled central computing device, e) receiving a connection request from the BLUETOOTH® enabled central computing device, f) establishing a connection with the BLUETOOTH® enabled central computing device, g) identifying an affirmation key provided by the BLUETOOTH® enabled central computing device, wherein the affirmation key is provided within an affirmation key characteristic, h) validating that the affirmation key is valid, and i) pairing with the BLUETOOTH® enabled central computing device.