Patent ID: 8447233
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A peripheral device comprising: a memory wherein the memory is dual interfaced such that a bus communications controller interface and a passive NFC interface can both be used by the memory to transmit data; an NFC antenna, connected to said passive NFC interface, for communicating NFC signals with an external BLUETOOTH enabled device; and a BLUETOOTH circuit in data communication with the bus communications controller interface wherein the NFC interface is operable to be used for pairing the device with the external BLUETOOTH enabled device via a NFC link and to receive authentication information from the NFC interface, wherein the peripheral device is operable to store the authentication information in the memory, and the peripheral device is operable to establish a BLUETOOTH connection to the external BLUETOOTH device using the authentication information without any manual entry of pairing data by a user.