Method for making a host personal computer act as an accessory in bluetooth piconet
AssigneeI/O Interconnect, Ltd.
InventorPing-Shun Zeung
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Abstract
A method for making a PC act as an accessory device in BLUETOOTH piconet is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: a) providing a BLUETOOTH adapter; b) connecting the BLUETOOTH adapter to the personal computer (PC) with a software program running in an application level; c) installing a custom BLUETOOTH adapter bus driver to be accessed and operated solely by the software program; d) implementing all necessary BLUETOOTH software stack above and including a BLUETOOTH Host to Controller Interface (HCI) profile; and e) the PC serving as a slave device.
Claims5
A method for making a personal computer act as an accessory in BLUETOOTH piconet, comprising:
- a) providing a BLUETOOTH adapter;
- b) connecting the BLUETOOTH adapter to the personal computer (PC) with a software program running in an application level;
- c) installing a custom BLUETOOTH adapter bus driver to be accessed and operated solely by the software program;
- d) implementing all necessary BLUETOOTH software stack above and including a BLUETOOTH Host to Controller Interface (HCI) profile;
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- e) the PC serving as a slave device, wherein the slave device is adapted to be an accessory device for a handheld computer, wherein the PC plays both Bluetooth host and accessory roles simultaneously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.