Patent ID: 7788704

Claim:
A method of forming a first secure connection of a first wireless peripheral device to a processing device on a communication network, the method comprising: generating a challenge message from the processing device in response to a request from the first wireless peripheral device to form the first secure connection, the challenge message being based on characteristics of the first wireless peripheral device; prompting a user of the first wireless peripheral device for authentication of the challenge message; receiving a user entered response via a second wireless peripheral device in response to the prompting for authentication of the challenge message, wherein the second wireless peripheral device is coupled to the processing device via a second secure connection; allowing the first wireless peripheral device an access to the processing device to form the first secure connection in response to the challenge message matching the received user response, the access remaining allowed until occurrence of a predetermined event; disallowing the access of the first wireless peripheral device to the processing device in response to the challenge message mismatching the received user response; and providing a status indication to the user of the first wireless peripheral device to indicate a status of the request to form the first secure connection to the processing device, wherein the status indication comprises an audible signal.