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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2000
Stanley W. Adermann, Sammamish, WA (US);
Siamak Poursabahian, Redmond, WA (US);
Louis J. Giliberto, Duvall, WA (US);
Doron J. Holan, Seattle, WA (US);
Husni Roukbi, Seattle, WA (US);
Kenneth D. Ray, Redmond, WA (US);
Joseph M. Joy, Redmond, WA (US);
William Michael Zintel, Kenmore, WA (US);
Mark D. Bertoglio, Seattle, WA (US);
Stanley W. Adermann, Sammamish, WA (US);
Siamak Poursabahian, Redmond, WA (US);
Louis J. Giliberto, Duvall, WA (US);
Doron J. Holan, Seattle, WA (US);
Husni Roukbi, Seattle, WA (US);
Kenneth D. Ray, Redmond, WA (US);
Joseph M. Joy, Redmond, WA (US);
William Michael Zintel, Kenmore, WA (US);
Mark D. Bertoglio, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer program product provide applications and application developers with generic access from user mode to the L2CAP layer of Bluetooth by exposing the L2CAP layer to user mode via a socket interface. In particular, a kernel mode primary component and user mode helper component cooperate to expose a Winsock interface to user mode components, and to manage various Bluetooth-specific functions and operations, allowing a user mode user application to access Bluetooth functionality without providing Bluetooth-specific commands or actions, and without being required to use RFCOMM.