Patent ID: 8044928

Claim:
A peripheral device, comprising: a proximity sensor configured to: detect that the peripheral device is within a selected proximity range of a host device in response to sensing a proximity sensor activator of the host device, and signal the peripheral device to operate in a pairing mode, based on the detection; a bind logic circuit coupled to the proximity sensor, the bind logic circuit being configured to provide a bind request when the peripheral device is operating in the pairing mode; and a transmitter coupled to the proximity sensor and to the bind logic circuit, and configured to repeatedly transmit the bind request to the host device over at least one pairing channel, the bind request transmitted to the host device including a data channel identifier to direct the host device to a data channel to be used for a later transmission of data from the peripheral device to the host device, wherein a transmit power of the transmitter is reduced when the peripheral device enters the pairing mode to transmit the bind request within a reduced communication range.