Patent ID: 9357576
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus to facilitate pairing in a portable computing device comprising: an embedded controller; an input/output (IO) controller coupled to the embedded controller; a first wireless communication component coupled to the IO controller; a processor coupled to the first wireless communication component, the processor to receive a dock event notification, wherein an identifier from a base device is received via one or more of the embedded controller, the IO controller, or the first wireless communication component to initiate automatic pairing between the portable computing device and a second wireless communication component in the base device; a first docking port to connect with a second docking port on the base device; and a first electrical communication path between the first docking port and the embedded controller and a second electrical communication path between the first docking port and the processor wherein the first electrical communication path forms part of an out-of-band channel for transmission of the identifier.