AUTOMATIC PAIRING FOR PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICES

摘要

Systems and methods may provide for establishing automatic pairing between a portable computing device and a base device. A processor is configured to receive a dock event notification when the portable computing device docks with the base device. An identifier retriever is configured to retrieve the identifier of a wireless communication component in a base device. A pairing portion of the processor is configured to automatically pair a wireless communication component in a portable computing device with the wireless communication component in the base device. Automatic wireless connection may follow automatic pairing.

主权项

1. An apparatus to facilitate pairing in a portable computing device comprising:
an embedded controller; an input/output (IO) controller coupled to the embedded controller; a first wireless communication component coupled to the IO controller; a processor coupled to the first wireless communication component, the processor to receive a dock event notification, wherein a wireless identifier from a base device is received via one or more of the embedded controller, the IO controller, or the first wireless communication component to initiate automatic pairing between the portable computing device and a second wireless communication component in the base device; a first docking port to connect with a second docking port on the base device; and a first electrical communication path between the first docking port and the embedded controller and a second electrical communication path between the first docking port and the processor wherein the first electrical communication path forms part of an out-of-band channel for transmission of the identifier.