Patent ID: 7756129

Claim:
A method of communicating between a first peripheral device and a hub device in a personal area network, comprising: sending by the hub device, a signal to indicate availability of the hub device for peripheral attachment, in response to the signal sent by the hub device, sending by the first peripheral device, a signal to indicate availability of the first peripheral device for communication with the hub device, sending, by the hub device to the first peripheral device, a signal including a first peripheral device identifier, subsequent to sending the signal including a first peripheral device identifier from the hub device, sending by the first peripheral device to the hub device a first peripheral response, subsequent to the receiving of the first peripheral response by the hub device, sending by the hub device to the first peripheral device a hub response, and subsequent to the receiving of the hub response by the first peripheral device, sending by the first peripheral device to the hub device a second peripheral response including the first peripheral device identifier.