Patent ID: 8750799
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of a selecting a pairing automatically for a wireless accessory device to one of a plurality of possible host devices, comprising: maintaining in a memory of a wireless accessory device a list of multiple known host devices with which the accessory device is able to pair; associating a different user gesture input with each separate known host device in the list; detecting a first user gesture input by the accessory device, wherein the specific first user gesture includes a predetermined physical movement of the accessory device by a user, the predetermined physical movement including a sweeping motion with a direction towards one of a first and second host devices to be paired, which is detected by an accelerometer embedded within the accessory device; determining whether the accessory device is currently paired with a third host device; if so, unpairing the accessory device from the third host device; and establishing automatically a wireless pairing of the accessory device to the first host device associated with the detected first user gesture input in response to detecting the first user gesture, wherein said establishing occurs while the first host device and one or more other host devices are all within wireless communications range of the accessory device, wherein the accelerometer generates a signal to cause the accessory device to select and pair with one of the first and second host devices; wherein automatically establishing the wireless pairing comprises: temporarily blacklisting a set of host devices which includes the third host device but not the one of the first and second host devices to ensure that the accessory device selects and pairs with one of the first and second host devices; placing the accessory device into pairing mode.