Patent ID: 8055197

Claim:
An apparatus for Bluetooth connection in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising: a Bluetooth module transmitting a Bluetooth connection request signal and receiving a response signal for searching for accessible Bluetooth devices; a class selector checking classes of the accessible Bluetooth devices for selecting Class-2 accessible Bluetooth devices from the accessible Bluetooth devices and removing the remaining Bluetooth devices when a near Bluetooth connection request is received; a near device selector for selecting one of the Class-2 accessible Bluetooth devices closest to the portable terminal; and a Bluetooth connection processor transmitting the Bluetooth connection request signal through the Bluetooth module for searching for the accessible Bluetooth devices using the response signal to the Bluetooth connection request signal when the near Bluetooth connection request is received, the Bluetooth connection processor receiving information about the Class-2 Bluetooth devices from the class selector and information about the closest Bluetooth device from the near device selector for controlling a Bluetooth connection to the closest Bluetooth device.