Wireless communication system and method for monitoring and alerting a broken pairing between electronic devices

An electronic device comprising:

• a transmitter configured to transmit data to a server,
• a receiver configured to receive data from the server, and
• a processing system including a processor, the processing system being configured to:
• establish a pairing with a third party device through a short-range pairing mechanism,
• receive information from the third party device via the short-range pairing mechanism;
• determine whether the pairing with the third party device is broken,
• in response to the determination that the pairing with the third party device is broken, transmit information indicating the breakage of the pairing to the server, and
• receive a command from the server requesting the electronic device to take an action, the command being issued by the server upon its receipt of the information indicating the breakage of the pairing.

A method of monitoring a pairing between an electronic device and a third party device, the method comprising:

• establishing a pairing with the third party device through a short-range pairing mechanism;
• receiving information from the third party device via the short-range pairing mechanism;
• determining whether the pairing with the third party device is broken;
• in response to the determination that the pairing with the third party device is broken, transmitting information indicating the breakage of the pairing to a remote server, and
• receiving a command from the remote server requesting the electronic device to take an action, the command being issued by the remote server upon its receipt of the information indicating the breakage of the pairing.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein, upon executed by one or more processors of an electronic device, the computer-executable instructions cause the one or more processors to:

• establish a pairing with a third party device through a short-range pairing mechanism;
• receive information from the third party device via the short-range pairing mechanism;
• determine whether the pairing with the third party device is broken;
• in response to the determination that the pairing with the third party device is broken, transmit information indicating the breakage of the pairing to a remote server;
• and
• receive a command from the remote server requesting the electronic device to take an action, the command being issued by the remote server upon its receipt of the information indicating the breakage of the pairing.