US 8,571,476 B2 · Method and device for electronic communication between at least two communication devices

Abstract

This invention relates to a method and an apparatus for electronic communication between at least two communication devices. To allow reliable connection setup between the devices which are to be provided for communication at the same time as simple handling, a method according to the invention has the following steps: two communication devices intended for communication are associated with one another by means of a first coupling mechanism, and the communication between the mutually associated communication devices is performed by means of a second coupling mechanism, wherein the first coupling mechanism has a shorter range than the second coupling mechanism or is effected by means of physical contact between the communication devices.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method comprising:

detecting a device within communication range of a wireless vehicle-based transceiver;
establishing communication with the device over a first, wireless coupling;
requesting identification verification from the device over the first coupling;
receiving identification verification from the device over a second capacitive coupling responsive to the requesting;
and
utilizing the identification verification to select the device for establishment of bi-directional communication over the first coupling.

3 more elements

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method including:

detecting a device within communication range of a wireless vehicle-based transceiver;
establishing communication with the device over a first, wireless coupling;
requesting identification verification from the device over the first coupling;
receiving identification verification from the device over a second capacitive coupling responsive to the requesting;
and
utilizing the identification verification to select the device for establishment of bi-directional communication over the first coupling.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/622,953Filed 20 Nov 2009 · continuation

Priority

DE 10 2007 023 72822 May 2007

Published

US 2010/0069001 A118 Mar 2010

Granted

29 Oct 2013

Term ends

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Classification6 codes

H04B 5/22
Characterised by the transmission technique; characterised by the transmission medium: capacitive coupling
H04W 88/06
Terminal devices: adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
H04W 76/10
Connection management: connection setup
H04W 84/10
Hierarchically pre-organised networks, e.g. paging networks, cellular networks, WLAN [Wireless Local Area Network] or WLL [Wireless Local Loop]:…

Method and device for electronic communication between at least two communication devices

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Method and device for electronic communication between at least two communication devices

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Abstract

Claims20