System and method for facilitating short-range wireless communications between a mobile wireless device and an auxiliary system

摘要

The present invention relates to a system and method for facilitating short-range wireless communications between a mobile wireless device and an auxiliary device. The wireless device includes a short-range transceiver for communicating with an auxiliary device; a signal module for providing a mode control signal; and, a control module for controllably shifting a short-range transceiver between a power saver mode and a search mode based on the mode control signal received from the signal module. When in the search mode, the short-range transceiver is operable to search for the auxiliary device to communicate therewith. When in a power saver mode, the short-range transceiver is not operable to search for the auxiliary device.

主权项

1. A method of controlling short-range wireless communication using a short-range transceiver between a wireless device and a second device, the method comprising:
providing at least one proximate device indicator near the second device; configuring the at least one proximate device indicator to have an at least one proximate device indicator configuration; determining the configuration of the proximate device indicator when the proximate device indicator is in close proximity to the wireless device; and selecting an associated communication profile for the wireless device based on the proximate device indictor configuration.