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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2012
Huy B. Le, Milpitas, CA (US);
Hassan Lashkari, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John M. Richey, San Francisco, CA;
Michael J. Giles, San Jose, CA (US);
Huy B. Le, Milpitas, CA (US);
Hassan Lashkari, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John M. Richey, San Francisco, CA;
Michael J. Giles, San Jose, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for improved wireless communications at a host device (e.g., a portable computing device, a mobile communications device) having multiple wireless communication abilities (e.g., Bluetooth® and Wi-Fi®). When a component (e.g., a monitor, an Ethernet dongle) having Bluetooth capability is coupled to the host device (e.g., wired or wirelessly), the host device copies its Bluetooth link keys to the component, deactivates its own Bluetooth module and activates (or initiates activation of) the component's. The component's Bluetooth module is operated using a software stack executing on the host device. Thereafter, the component handles Bluetooth operations and the host device communicates with Bluetooth devices via the component. Greater radio isolation is thus provided between antennae used by Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.