Patent ID: 8401588

Claim:
A dual mode human interface device (HID) comprising: a wireless interface configured to communicate wirelessly with a host computer; a wired interface configured to communicate via a wired interface connection with the host computer; and a processor coupled with both the wireless interface and the wired interface, the processor being configured to: transfer data between the HID and the host computer via the wireless interface and via the wired interface; control whether data is transferred between the HID and the host computer via the wireless interface or via the wired interface; prompt a user to log in to the host computer via the wired interface before pairing for wireless communication; log the user in to the host computer via the wired interface after prompting the user; and establish, via the wired interface connection, pairing for wireless communication between the HID and the host computer after logging the user in to the host computer via the wired interface, by providing an address of the HID to the host computer using the wired interface, exchanging a link key between the HID and the host computer using the wired interface, and storing the address and the link key in memory on the HID using the wired interface for use in wireless communication between the HID and the host computer using the wireless interface.