Automatically establishing a wireless connection between adapters

A system for automatically establishing a wireless connection between adapters, the system comprising:

• a slave adapter coupled to a computer system, the slave adapter being operable to automatically:
• receive a scan message from a master adapter that is coupleable to a peripheral device;
• in response to receiving the scan message, communicate an identifier of the slave adapter to the master adapter;
• after communicating the identifier to the master adapter, receive a password request from the master adapter;
• in response to receiving the password request, communicate a password to the master adapter;
• after communicating the password to the master adapter, receive a success message from the master adapter indicating that the password matches a password stored by the master adapter;
• in response to receiving the success message, establish a connection between the master adapter and the slave adapter;
• and
• after the wireless connection has been established, enable communication between the computer system and the peripheral device via the wireless link using a wireless protocol.

A method for automatically establishing a wireless connection between adapters, the method comprising:

• determining that the master adapter has been uncoupled from the peripheral device;
• automatically entering an inquiry mode in response to determining that the master adapter has been uncoupled from the peripheral;
• in the inquiry mode, automatically establishing one or more wireless connections between a master adapter coupleable to a peripheral device and one or more slave adapters coupled to one or more computer systems;
• determine that the master adapter has been coupled to the peripheral device;
• automatically entering an operational mode in response to determining that the master adapter has been coupled to the peripheral device;
• and
• in the operational mode, enabling communication between the peripheral device and the one or more computer systems via the one or more wireless connections using a wireless protocol in the operational mode.

A method for automatically establishing a wireless connection between adapters, the method comprising:

• automatically receiving a scan message from a master adapter that is coupleable to a peripheral device;
• in response to receiving the scan message, communicating an identifier of the slave adapter to the master adapter
• after communicating the identifier to the slave adapter, receiving a password request from the master adapter;
• in response to receiving the password request, communicating a password to the master adapter;
• after communicating the password to the master adapter, receiving a success message from the master adapter indicating that the password matches a password stored by the master adapter;
• in response to receiving the success message, establishing a connection between the master adapter and the slave adapter;
• and
• after the wireless connection has been established, enabling communication between the computer system and the peripheral device via the wireless link using a wireless protocol.

A system for automatically establishing a wireless connection between adapters, the system comprising:

• means for determining that the master adapter has been uncoupled to the peripheral device;
• means for automatically entering an inquiry mode in response to determining that the master adapter has been uncoupled to the peripheral;
• means for, in the inquiry mode, automatically establishing one or more wireless connections between a master adapter coupleable to a peripheral device and one or more slave adapters coupled to one or more computer systems;
• means for determining that the master adapter has been coupled to the peripheral device;
• means for automatically entering an operational mode in response to determining that the master adapter has been coupled to the peripheral device;
• and
• means for, in the operational mode, enabling communication between the peripheral device and the one or more computer systems via the one or more wireless connections using a wireless protocol in the operational mode.