Secure wireless communication apparatus and method for electronic devices incorporating pushed pins

Abstract

A secure wireless communications connection, such as a secure communications connection using the Bluetooth communications standard, may be established between two electronic devices without requiring user input of a personal identification number and without transmitting a personal identification number such that the personal identification number may be easily intercepted. To establish a secure wireless communications connection between two electronic devices already communicating over a non-secure channel, the first device encrypts a personal identification number using a public key sent by the second device. The first device then transmits or pushes the encrypted personal identification number to the second device. The second device decrypts the personal identification number, and the two devices use the personal identification number to create a secure communications connection.

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