Patent ID: 11903053
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A call endpoint, comprising:
a wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with a wireless headset;
an electromechanical interface configured to receive the wireless headset;
a network interface configured to communicate with a headset registry server; and
a processor configured to:
detect an electromechanical coupling of the wireless headset with the electromechanical interface,
start, in response to detecting the electromechanical coupling, a pairing procedure with the wireless headset,
receive, from the wireless headset and using the wireless transceiver, a headset identifier, the headset identifier uniquely identifying the wireless headset from among a plurality of wireless headsets,
send the headset identifier, using the network interface, in a request to the headset registry server,
receive, from the headset registry server and using the network interface, a response to the request, the response depending on whether the wireless headset is approved at the call endpoint, wherein whether the headset is approved is based on the headset identifier, and
terminate the pairing procedure based on the response from the headset registry server.