Patent ID: 9591684
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for pairing a first Bluetooth device with an individual Bluetooth device address with a group of Bluetooth devices, said method comprising: assigning a group Bluetooth device address to each of said group of Bluetooth devices; the first Bluetooth device exchanging Bluetooth device addresses with a second Bluetooth device from said group of Bluetooth devices when said first Bluetooth device comes within communication range of said second Bluetooth device; establishing, by the first Bluetooth device and the second Bluetooth device, a link key; storing, by the first Bluetooth device, the group Bluetooth device address and the link key; the first Bluetooth device exchanging Bluetooth device addresses with a third Bluetooth device from said group of Bluetooth devices when said first Bluetooth device comes within communication range of said third Bluetooth device; recognizing, by the first Bluetooth device, the group Bluetooth device address assigned to the third Bluetooth device; transmitting, by the first Bluetooth device, said link key to the third Bluetooth device; and establishing a communications channel between said first Bluetooth device and said third Bluetooth device based on said link key.