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US 11,116,033 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for disassociating from a network
AssigneeMotorola Solutions, Inc.
InventorSwee Hak Law
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for quickly disassociating/unpairing a device from a PAN is describe herein. During operation a charger identification is utilized as a trigger to disassociate/unpair a device from a PAN. Thus, a device will sense proximity to a charging device. Once proximity to a particular charging device is detected, the device will disassociate/unpair from the PAN.
Claims10
A method for disassociating a device from a personal area network, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting, by the device, information transmitted from a battery charger, wherein the information comprises a battery charger identification (ID), the battery charger not being associated with the personal area network;
- and
- disassociating the device from the personal area network based on the detection of the battery charger information, wherein the step of disassociating comprises the step of unpairing, wherein disassociating the device from the personal area network comprises eliminating all bonds between the personal area network and the device, wherein the unpairing from the personal area network takes place only when a particular charger ID is detected and the battery is charging.
A method comprising the steps of:
- associating with a personal-area network (PAN);
- detecting a presence of a first battery charger identification (ID);
- remaining associated with the network upon the detection of the first battery charger ID;
- at a later time, detecting the presence of a second battery charger ID;
- and
- disassociating from the personal area network upon the detection of the second battery charger ID, wherein the second battery charger ID differs from the first battery charger ID, wherein disassociating from the personal area network comprises eliminating all bonds to the personal area network, wherein the battery chargers associated with the first and second battery charger identifications are not associated with the PAN.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a battery being capable of being charged by a battery charger;
- a port coupled to the battery charger, the port receiving a charger identification (ID) from the battery charger;
- and
- logic circuitry coupled to the port, receiving the charger ID and disassociating from a personal area network based on match between the charger ID and a predetermined charger ID, wherein disassociating from the personal area network comprises eliminating all bonds to the personal area network, wherein the battery charger is not associated with the personal area network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.