Methods and systems for affirmation of a bluetooth® pairing

A system for affirming a pairing of BLUETOOTH® enabled devices, the system comprising:

• a BLUETOOTH® enabled peripheral computing device comprising a first processor, a first memory, and a first transceiver;
• and
• a central BLUETOOTH® enabled computing device comprising a second processor, a second memory, and a second transceiver,
• wherein said first processor is configured to:
• a) advertise availability of the BLUETOOTH® enabled peripheral computing device for pairing;
• b) receive a scan request from the BLUETOOTH® enabled central computing device;
• c) transmit a scan response to the BLUETOOTH® enabled central computing device in response to the scan request;
• d) provide an affirmation value to the BLUETOOTH® enabled central computing device;
• e) receive a connection request from the BLUETOOTH® enabled central computing device;
• f) establish a connection with the BLUETOOTH® enabled central computing device;
• g) identify an affirmation key provided by the BLUETOOTH® enabled central computing device, wherein the affirmation key is provided within an affirmation key characteristic;
• h) validate that the affirmation key is valid;
• and
• i) pair with the BLUETOOTH® enabled central computing device.

A BLUETOOTH® enabled central computing device for affirming a BLUETOOTH® pairing, said central computing device comprising:

• a processor, a memory, and a transceiver, said processor configured to:
• a) transmit a scan request to a BLUETOOTH® enabled peripheral computing device, wherein the BLUETOOTH® enabled peripheral computing device is advertising availability for pairing;
• b) receive a scan response from the BLUETOOTH® enabled peripheral computing device in response to the scan request;
• c) receive an affirmation value from the BLUETOOTH® enabled peripheral computing device;
• d) calculate an affirmation key by applying an affirmation algorithm to the affirmation value;
• e) transmit a connection request to the the BLUETOOTH® enabled peripheral computing device;
• f) establish a connection with the the BLUETOOTH® enabled peripheral computing device;
• g) write the affirmation key to an affirmation key characteristic associated with the connection;
• h) transmit a pairing request to the BLUETOOTH® enabled peripheral computing device;
• and
• i) pair with the BLUETOOTH® enabled peripheral computing device, wherein the pairing is initiated upon the validation of the affirmation key by the BLUETOOTH® enabled peripheral computing device.