Patent ID: 8265594

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: identifying available devices within wireless range; displaying a first list of the available devices, the first list identifying devices for which passkeys are stored in memory; receiving a selection of a device, wherein said device is one of said available devices; connecting wirelessly with said device; accessing information that identifies said device as a trusted device or a non-trusted device; as a result of identifying said device as a trusted device, automatically using a passkey for said device to make a wireless connection with said device, wherein said passkey for said device is retrieved from memory and wherein manual input of said passkey is obviated; as a result of identifying the device as a non-trusted device, receiving a passkey for the device to make a wireless connection with said device, wherein the passkey for the device is stored in memory and the device is identified as trusted on a second list, the second list different than the first list; and displaying the second list on a display device, the second list comprising trusted devices and non-trusted devices and information that distinguishes trusted devices from non-trusted devices including said information designating said device as a trusted device.