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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2013
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA (US);
Herbert Anthony Little, Waterloo, CA;
Scott Douglas Rose, Waterloo, CA;
Scott William Totzke, Waterloo, CA;
Mihal Lazaridis, Waterloo, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
A wireless personal area network (WPAN) system includes a plurality of WPAN devices using encrypted wireless communication therebetween when in an enabled state and not wirelessly communicating when in a disabled state. At least one of the WPAN devices includes a WPAN identity reader for reading at least one identifying parameter of a user, for confirming that the user is an authorized user based upon reading the at least one identifying parameter, and for wirelessly communicating with at least one other WPAN device to switch the at least one other WPAN device from the disabled state to the enabled state based upon confirming the user is an authorized user.