Patent ID: 8346985

Claim:
A computerized method of pairing a peripheral device to a receiver coupled to a computer, the computerized method comprising: launching by a computer a connect utility configured to direct a receiver coupled to a connector of the computer to enter a pairing mode; receiving by the computer input for directing the connect utility to place the receiver in a pairing mode; directing the receiver to enter pairing mode based on the received input; directing a user by the computer to switch a slider switch on the peripheral device from off to on to place the peripheral device in a pairing mode, wherein the receiver is configured to pair with the peripheral device if the receiver and peripheral device are both in pairing mode; and the receiver is configured to not pair with the peripheral device if the receiver or the peripheral device is not in pairing mode; detecting by the computer another receiver coupled to another connector of the computer for a set of peripheral devices; presenting by the computer a user query to a user for pairing the set of peripheral devices to the first mentioned receiver; receiving by the computer a user response to the query; if the user response includes an indicator for pairing the set of peripheral devices to the first receiver: directing the user to unplug the other receiver from the computer, directing the first receiver to enter a pairing mode, and directing a user by the computer to switch a set of slider switches on the set of peripheral devices from off to on to place the set of peripheral devices in a pairing mode, wherein the first receiver is configured to pair with the set of peripheral devices if the first receiver and set of peripheral devices are both in pairing mode; and the first receiver is configured to not pair with the set of peripheral devices if the set of peripheral devices is not in pairing mode; and if the user response includes an indicator for not pairing the set of peripheral devices to the first receiver: maintaining the pairing of the first peripheral device to the first receiver; and maintaining the pairing of the set of peripheral devices to the other receiver.