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US 12,250,335 · App. 17/604,604 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Bluetooth connection method, device, and system

Inventor: Bin Peng (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04M1/6066H04M1/724097H04W76/10H04W84/18
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Patent No.
US 12,250,335
App. No.
17/604,604
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A BLUETOOTH connection system includes a BLUETOOTH headset, and a first electronic device and a second electronic device that have been paired with the BLUETOOTH headset. The BLUETOOTH headset is configured to establish a first connection to the first electronic device, where the first connection includes an asynchronous connection-oriented link (ACL) connection. The BLUETOOTH headset is further configured to send a BLUETOOTH Low Energy (BLE) broadcast message. The second electronic device is configured to establish a second connection to the BLUETOOTH headset after receiving the BLE broadcast message.

Claims (42)

1. A BLUETOOTH connection method, comprising:

establishing, by a BLUETOOTH headset, a first connection to a first electronic device;

processing, by the BLUETOOTH headset, a first audio service of the first electronic device when the first electronic device has the first audio service;

sending, by the BLUETOOTH headset, a BLUETOOTH Low Energy (BLE) broadcast message;

receiving, by the BLUETOOTH headset, connection request information, wherein the connection request information is from a second electronic device having a second audio service;

disconnecting, by the BLUETOOTH headset, the first connection;

establishing, by the BLUETOOTH headset, a second connection to the second electronic device when the BLE broadcast message sent by the BLUETOOTH headset is received; and

processing, by the BLUETOOTH headset, the second audio service, wherein both the first connection and the second connection are BLUETOOTH connections.

2. The BLUETOOTH connection method of claim 1 , wherein before receiving the connection request information, the BLUETOOTH headset has a third connection established with a third electronic device having a third audio service, wherein the BLUETOOTH headset is configured to process the third audio service of the third electronic device, wherein the third connection is another BLUETOOTH connection, and wherein the BLUETOOTH headset has been paired with the third electronic device.

3. The BLUETOOTH connection method of claim 1 , further comprising maintaining the second connection after the second audio service ends.

4. The BLUETOOTH connection method of claim 1 , wherein both the first connection and the second connection are asynchronous connection-oriented link (ACL) connections.

5. The BLUETOOTH connection method of claim 1 , wherein the second audio service is a phone call.

6. The BLUETOOTH connection method of claim 1 , further comprising pairing the BLUETOOTH headset with the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

7. The BLUETOOTH connection method of claim 1 , further comprising sending, in response to the connection request information, connection response information to the second electronic device.

8. The BLUETOOTH connection method of claim 1 , wherein before processing the second audio service, the BLUETOOTH connection method further comprises:

processing the first audio service;

releasing the first connection; and

suspending the first audio service after releasing the first connection.

9. The BLUETOOTH connection method of claim 8 , wherein the first audio service comprises playing music, a recording, a sound in a video file, or background music in a game.

10. The BLUETOOTH connection method of claim 1 , wherein the BLE broadcast message comprises status information of the BLUETOOTH headset, and wherein the status information comprises at least one of a device name, a device type, a device model, a battery level, a connection status, a wearing status, or a service status of the BLUETOOTH headset.

11. A BLUETOOTH headset comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the one or more processors and configured to store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the BLUETOOTH headset to:

establish a first connection to a first electronic device having a first audio service;

process the first audio service;

send a BLUETOOTH Low Energy (BLE) broadcast message;

receive connection request information, wherein the connection request information is from a second electronic device having a second audio service;

disconnect the first connection;

establish a second connection to the second electronic device; and

process the second audio service when the BLE broadcast message sent by the BLUETOOTH headset is received, wherein both the first connection and the second connection are BLUETOOTH connections.

12. The BLUETOOTH headset of claim 11 , wherein when executed by the one or more processors, the instructions further cause the BLUETOOTH headset to maintain the second connection after the second audio service ends.

13. The BLUETOOTH headset of claim 11 , wherein both the first connection and the second connection are asynchronous connection-oriented link (ACL) connections.

14. The BLUETOOTH headset of claim 11 , wherein the second audio service is a phone call.

15. The BLUETOOTH headset of claim 11 , wherein when executed by the one or more processors, the instructions further cause the BLUETOOTH headset to pair with the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

16. The BLUETOOTH headset of claim 11 , wherein when executed by the one or more processors, the instructions further cause the BLUETOOTH headset to send, in response to the connection request information, connection response information to the second electronic device.

17. A BLUETOOTH connection method implemented by a second electronic device, wherein the BLUETOOTH connection method comprises:

receiving a BLUETOOTH Low Energy (BLE) broadcast message from a BLUETOOTH headset having a first connection to a first electronic device, wherein the first connection is configured to process a first audio service of the first electronic device when the first electronic device has the first audio service;

sending connection request information when the second electronic device has an audio service, wherein the connection request information is configured to establish a second connection between the second first electronic device and the BLUETOOTH headset; and

establish the second connection between the second electronic device and the BLUETOOTH headset, wherein the second connection is configured to process a second audio service of the second electronic device by the BLUETOOTH headset that is preempted by the second electronic device with a high priority, and wherein both the first connection and the second connection are BLUETOOTH connections.

18. The BLUETOOTH connection method of claim 17 , wherein both the first connection and the second connection are asynchronous connection-oriented link (ACL) connections.

19. The BLUETOOTH connection method of claim 17 , wherein the audio service is a phone call.

20. The BLUETOOTH connection method of claim 17 , further comprising pairing the second first electronic device with the BLUETOOTH headset.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2021
From: PENG, BIN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057930/0584 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910314715.7 · Apr 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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