Patent ID: 8861492
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for enabling a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) terminal to communicate with a Human Interface Device (HID) over a wireless channel, the WLAN terminal comprising a radio transceiver adapted to operate in accordance with a communications WLAN standard protocol, wherein the method comprises: receiving, over the wireless channel and directly from the HID, wherein the HID is not directly associated with an access point, at least one unencrypted data frame being compliant with said WLAN standard protocol and being received even when the WLAN terminal is associated with the access point in an infrastructure mode, the at least one unencrypted data frame comprising an encrypted information Element (IE) that comprises HID data; determining from the at least one data frame a MAC address of the WLAN terminal and the identity of the wireless channel; and delivering said at least one data frame to an application running on the WLAN terminal for processing data in said at least one frame.