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Patent No.:

US 8711656 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014

Filed:

Nov. 09, 2010
Applicant:

Brett Paulson, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventor:

Brett Paulson, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Verifone Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 11/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, apparatus and computer program product for fast-synching a wireless Bluetooth connection using a first device's wireless identifier is provided. One implementation of the present invention modulates the wireless identifier as a sonic Bluetooth code over a sonic carrier signal. To send the wireless identifier, one implementation accesses a storage area associated with the first wireless device holding the sonic carrier signal. Aspects of the invention then transmit the sonic Bluetooth code as modulated over the sonic carrier signal. A sonic transducer, such as a microphone on the second wireless device, receives the sonic carrier signal and wireless identifier for demodulation. In response, the second wireless device requests to establish a physical channel with the first wireless device using the wireless identifier received over the sonic carrier signal.


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