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US 2017/0303331 A1Published application
Electronic device and operating method using bluetooth
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSung-Geun LEE
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Abstract
A Bluetooth pairing method in an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting a change of a switching state of a switch of the electronic device, selecting a Bluetooth Device (BD) address according to the changed switching state among a plurality of stored BD addresses, and applying the selected BD address to a Bluetooth pairing. The method can facilitate Bluetooth pairing to selectable types of host devices.
Claims20
A mobile communication device comprising:
- a wireless communication unit capable of supporting a wireless connection;
- a switching unit to select a first external device or a second external device based at least in part on an input;
- and
- a processor adapted to:
- establish, using the wireless communication unit, the wireless connection with the first external device if the input corresponds to the first external device;
- establish, using the wireless communication unit, the wireless connection with the second external device if the input corresponds to the second external device;
- and
- transmit a signal corresponding to another input to a corresponding external device of the first external device and the second external device via the wireless connection as the other input is received via the mobile communication device.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an output unit;
- a wireless communication unit;
- a switching unit to receive a selection of a first external device or a second external device;
- and
- a processor adapted to:
- establish, using the wireless communication unit, a wireless connection with a corresponding external device of the first external device and the second external device based at least in part on the selection;
- transmit a signal corresponding to an input obtained with respect to the apparatus to the corresponding external device via the wireless connection such that a character, a number, or a symbol corresponding to the signal is displayed via the corresponding external device as the input is obtained at the apparatus;
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- present, using the output unit, an indication indicative of the wireless connection.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a key pad unit including one or more keys;
- a switching unit to receive a selection of a first external device or a second external device;
- a wireless communication unit;
- and
- a processor adapted to:
- establish, using the wireless communication unit, a wireless connection with a corresponding external device of the first external device and the second external device based at least in part on the selection;
- obtain an input via at least one key of the one or more keys;
- and
- transmit a signal corresponding to the input to the corresponding external device via the wireless connection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.