Pairing and authentication process between a host device and a limited input wireless device

摘要

Disclosed is an apparatus and method to perform a pairing process with a limited input wireless device. A host device includes a transceiver and a processor. The processor may be configured to execute instructions to: receive from the transceiver a pairing process request from the limited input wireless device, wherein the pairing process request includes a private code based upon a physical user action implemented with the limited input wireless device; and implement a pairing process to validate the limited input wireless device for a particular host device function associated with the private code.

主权项

1. A host device to perform a pairing process with a limited input wireless device comprising:
a transceiver; and a processor to: define a private code based upon a user selected physical user action including a sequence of one or more types of user-selected movements comprising at least one of a rotation or a shake; receive from the transceiver a pairing process request from the limited input wireless device after the private code is defined, wherein the pairing process request includes the private code based upon the physical user action implemented with the limited input wireless device detected by a motion sensor of the limited input wireless device to detect motion from the user; implement a pairing process to validate the limited input wireless device for a particular host device function associated with the private code by validating the private code included in the pairing process request; and implement the particular host device function for the limited input wireless device based upon receipt and authentication of the private code, wherein different types of host device functions for the limited input wireless device are implementable based upon receipt and authentication of different private codes from physical user action implemented with the limited input wireless device, such that some host device functions are lower security functions requiring a lower security private code from the limited input wireless device and some host device functions are higher security functions requiring a higher security private code from the limited input wireless device.