Patent ID: 8750796
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for exclusively pairing wireless devices, comprising: providing a connection between at least two wireless devices, wherein a master wireless device is configured with master device functionality and at least one slave wireless device is configured with slave device functionality; providing a master personal identification number of the master wireless device to the slave wireless device and at least one slave personal identification number of at least one slave wireless device to the master wireless device; storing, at one slave wireless device, a unique master wireless address received from the master wireless device; acquiring, at the master wireless device, the stored unique master wireless address from the one slave wireless device over the connection; comparing, at the master wireless device, the stored unique master address from the one slave wireless device to a unique master wireless address stored at the master wireless device; generating, at the master wireless device, a key based on the slave personal identification number of one candidate slave wireless device; transmitting the key from the master wireless device to the one candidate slave wireless device; exclusively pairing said master wireless device and the one candidate slave wireless device when both: the key acquired from the master wireless device corresponds to the personal identification number of the one candidate slave wireless device, and the one candidate slave wireless device provides an authentication message to the master wireless device.