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US 8,913,957 B2Granted
Wireless local area communication method and terminal supporting the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDong Jin Eun, Yeo-Jun Yoon, Seong Hoon Kang
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Abstract
Provided is a method and terminal for wireless local area communication enabling nearby terminals to be paired by generating an identifier containing identification information of an application and randomly selected channel information; broadcasting the identifier to external terminals; performing a pairing procedure with an external terminal having responded to the broadcast identifier; and communicating data related to the application with the paired external terminal.
Claims21
A method of wireless local area communication for a terminal, comprising:
- activating an application. upon detection of an execution event;
- setting a channel number, upon detection of a master start event after application activation;
- generating an identifier containing identification information of the application and the set channel number;
- broadcasting the identifier to external terminals;
- performing a pairing procedure with an external terminal having responded to the broadcast identifier;
- and
- communicating data related to the application with the paired external terminal.
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A method of wireless local area communication for a terminal, comprising:
- activating, upon detection of an execution event associated with an application, the application;
- finding, upon detection of a slave start event after application activation, an identifier containing identification information of the application and a set channel number among multiple received identifiers, wherein the identifier was generated and broadcast by a master terminal which has activated the application;
- sending a pairing request to the master terminal that broadcast the found identifier;
- performing a pairing procedure with the master terminal;
- and
- communicating data related to the application with the paired master terminal.
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A method of wireless local area communication for a terminal, comprising:
- activating an application, upon detection of an execution event associated with the application;
- setting a channel number, upon detection of a master start event after application activation, by selecting one entry from among a preset range of channel numbers;
- generating a first inquiry identifier containing identification information of the application and the set channel number;
- broadcasting the first inquiry identifier;
- when no master terminal responds to the first inquiry identifier:
- setting the first inquiry identifier as an identifier for pairing;
- performing a pairing procedure with an external terminal from which an identifier identical to the identifier set for pairing is received;
- and
- communicating data related to the application with the paired external terminal;
- and
- when a master terminal responds to the first inquiry identifier, generating and broadcasting a second inquiry identifier containing the identification information and the next channel number.
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A terminal comprising:
- a control unit which, upon detection of an execution event associated with an application:
- activates the application;
- sets, upon detection of a master start event after application activation;
- a channel number;
- and
- generates an identifier containing identification information of an application and the set channel number;
- and
- a wireless communication unit which broadcasts, under control of the control unit, the identifier, performs a pairing procedure with an external terminal having responded to the broadcast identifier, and communicates data related to the application with the paired external terminal.
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A terminal comprising:
- a control unit which:
- activates, upon detection of an execution event associated with an application, the application;
- finds, upon detection of a slave start event after application activation, an identifier containing identification information of the application and a set channel number among multiple received identifiers, wherein the identifier was generated and broadcast by a master terminal which has activated the application;
- and
- sends a pairing request to an external terminal having broadcast the found identifier and
- a wireless communication unit which, under control of the control unit, receives the multiple identifiers, transmits the pairing request, performs a pairing procedure with the master terminal that broadcast the identifier, and communicates data related to the application with the paired master terminal.
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A terminal comprising:
- a control unit which:
- activates, upon detection of an execution event associated with an application, the application;
- sets, upon detection of a master start event after application activation, a channel number by selecting one entry from among a preset range of channel numbers;
- generates a first inquiry identifier containing the identification information and the set channel number;
- when a master terminal responds to the first inquiry identifier, generates a second inquiry identifier containing the identification information and the next channel number;
- and
- when no master terminal responds to the first inquiry identifier, sets the first inquiry identifier as an identifier for pairing;
- and
- a wireless communication unit which, under control of the control unit, broadcasts inquiry identifiers, performs a pairing procedure with an external terminal from which an identifier set for pairing is received, and communicates data related to the application with the paired external terminal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.