Patent ID: 9480096
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for fast wireless accessory device pairing, the method comprising, at a mobile radio communication device having a first long-range transceiver capable of operating in accordance with one of a land mobile radio (LMR) and broadband protocol: initiating, at the mobile radio communication device via a first near field communication (NFC) short-range transceiver, a pairing procedure with a wearable computing device and establishing, via the first short-range transceiver, a link with the wearable computing device; receiving, at the mobile radio communication device via the NFC link with the wearable computing device, Bluetooth device connection information for each of a plurality of wireless accessory devices associated with a wearer of the wearable computing device, the Bluetooth device connection information including at least a Bluetooth hardware device identifier of the associated wireless accessory and Bluetooth capability information of the associated wireless accessory; and responsive to receiving the Bluetooth device connection information, and for each of the plurality wireless accessory devices, using, by the mobile radio communication device, the Bluetooth hardware device identifier and Bluetooth capability information to pair with and communicate with, via a second Bluetooth short-range transceiver different from the NFC short-range transceiver, the wireless accessory device wherein the mobile radio communication device pairs with and communicates with, via the second Bluetooth short-range transceiver, each of the wireless accessory devices using the Bluetooth device connection information and without (i) executing a discovery process that scans for available wireless accessory devices via the second Bluetooth short-range transceiver and (ii) prompting a wearer of the wearable computing device to connect to each wireless accessory device via the second Bluetooth short-range transceiver.