Patent ID: 7474888
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of establishing a wireless connection between a first device and a second device, said method comprising: displaying at said first device a list of available devices within wireless range of said first device, said list including said second device; receiving at said first device a selection of said second device from in said list; connecting wirelessly with said second device; exchanging passkeys with said second device, said exchanging comprising sending a first passkey from said first device to said second device and receiving at said first device a second passkey from said second device; storing said second passkey in memory at said first device; receiving at said first device a user input that selects a designation for said second device, wherein said designation identifies said second device as either a trusted device or a non-trusted device, wherein when said second device is designated as a trusted device then said second passkey is automatically used for subsequent connections with said second device and wherein said second passkey is retrieved from said memory such that manual input of said second passkey is obviated for said subsequent connections, and when said second device is designated as a non-trusted device then said second passkey is not automatically used and wherein further when said second device is designated as a non-trusted device then a connection with said second device is permitted without passkeys, wherein a level of security for a connection with said second device depends on whether said second device is designated as a trusted device or as a non-trusted device; and indicating said designation for said second device in said list, wherein said list includes trusted devices and non-trusted devices and wherein in said list said trusted devices are distinguished from said non-trusted devices.