Patent ID: 9332587
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method by a slave device connected to a master device over a short-range wireless connection for overriding a pairing priority at the master device, comprising: executing an application at the slave device that sets a pairing connection priority override, the pairing connection priority override configuring the slave device to raise a connection priority of the slave device to a highest priority at the master device; receiving one or more pairing connection priority override parameters from a user of the slave device, the one or more pairing connection priority override parameters identifying at least one condition to be satisfied for performing the pairing connection priority override; negotiating a connection with the master device and sending the pairing priority override and the one or more pairing connection priority override parameters to the master device, the pairing priority override indicating to the master device that the slave device is requesting to override any pairing priority currently established at the master device; if the pairing connection priority override is higher than an existing priority, completing the connection with the master device; and if the pairing connection pairing priority override is not higher than the existing priority, negotiating the connection with the master device.