Wireless headset and multipoint pairing method for the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorDeok-Seong Kim
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Abstract
A wireless headset and multi-point pairing method for the same are disclosed. The wireless headset can be easily paired with multiple wireless-enabled devices. The method includes establishing a wireless connection to a first wireless device during a wireless connection mode, requesting a mode transition to a pairing mode during the wireless connection mode, making a mode transition from the wireless connection mode to the pairing mode without turning off the headset, performing a pairing procedure with a second wireless device during the pairing mode, and establishing a wireless connection to the second wireless device in addition to the first wireless device after the pairing procedure is completed.
Claims12
A wireless headset, comprising:
- a key input unit to request a mode transition from a wireless connection mode to a pairing mode while maintaining a wireless connection to a first wireless device;
- a mode switcher to make a mode transition from the wireless connection mode to the pairing mode without turning off the wireless headset in response to a mode transition request, the pairing mode being provided to register a second wireless device with the wireless headset;
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- a pairing performer to perform a pairing procedure with the second wireless device during the pairing mode,
- wherein the mode transition request is issued using a combination of multiple buttons in the key input unit.
A multi-point pairing method for a wireless headset, comprising:
- establishing a wireless connection to a first wireless device during a wireless connection mode;
- requesting a mode transition to a pairing mode during the wireless connection mode;
- making a mode transition from the wireless connection mode to the pairing mode without turning off the wireless headset in response to the mode transition request, the pairing mode being provided to register a second wireless device with the wireless headset;
- performing a pairing procedure with the second wireless device during the pairing mode;
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- establishing a wireless connection to the second wireless device while maintaining the wireless connection to the first wireless device after the pairing procedure is completed,
- wherein the mode transition request is issued using a combination of multiple buttons.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.