Polymorphic profiles

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more sequences of instructions that, when executed by a processing element, cause the processing element to perform actions comprising:

• in response to a startup event of a low-energy radio peripheral enabled to communicate with a wireless host, monitoring by the processing element for a special buttons event;
• subsequent to the monitoring, selectively modifying low-energy radio connection profile state bits maintained by the processing element,
• wherein during the selectively modifying, the low-energy radio connection profile state bits are modified in response to a detection of a special buttons event, and
• wherein during the selectively modifying, the low-energy radio connection profile state bits are not modified in response to the absence of a special buttons event during the monitoring;
• subsequent to the selectively modifying, in accordance with the low-energy radio connection profile state bits, activating a corresponding generic attribute profile table in a low-energy radio engine of the low-energy radio peripheral;
• and
• wherein the corresponding generic attribute profile table
• is one of a plurality of generic attribute profile tables of the low-energy radio peripheral,
• determines behavior of the low-energy radio peripheral as viewed by the wireless host as a selected corresponding one of a plurality of peripheral behaviors, and
• includes services and characteristics for the corresponding peripheral behavior.

A method of operating a low-energy Bluetooth radio peripheral enabled to communicate with a wireless host, comprising:

• in response to a startup event, monitoring by a controller of the low-energy Bluetooth radio peripheral for a special user-input event;
• subsequent to the monitoring, selectively modifying low-energy Bluetooth radio connection profile state bits maintained by the controller,
• wherein during the selectively modifying, the low-energy Bluetooth radio connection profile state bits are modified in response to a detection of a special user-input event, and
• wherein during the selectively modifying, the low-energy Bluetooth radio connection profile state bits are not modified in response to the absence of the special user-input event during the monitoring;
• subsequent to the selectively modifying, in accordance with the low-energy Bluetooth radio connection profile state bits, activating a corresponding low-energy Bluetooth radio Generic Attribute Profile table in a low-energy Bluetooth radio engine of the low-energy Bluetooth radio peripheral;
• and
• wherein the corresponding low-energy Bluetooth radio Generic Attribute Profile table
• is one of a plurality of low-energy Bluetooth radio Generic Attribute Profile tables of the low-energy Bluetooth radio peripheral,
• determines behavior of the low-energy Bluetooth radio peripheral as viewed by the wireless host as a selected corresponding one of a plurality of peripheral behaviors, and
• includes services and characteristics for the corresponding peripheral behavior.