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Granted Patent B2
US 12,075,499 · App. 17/640,519 · Granted Aug 27, 2024

Bluetooth reconnection method and related apparatus

Inventors: Guanjun Ni (Shanghai, CN); Yuhong Zhu (Shanghai, CN); Jianxin Lin (Shenzhen, CN); Xiaoqiang Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Jiongjin Su (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W76/14H04W68/00H04W76/15H04W76/19H04W76/34
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Patent No.
US 12,075,499
App. No.
17/640,519
Granted
Aug 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application discloses a Bluetooth reconnection method, and relates to the field of short-range wireless communications technologies. The method includes: When a charging case is closed, a first earbud breaks a Bluetooth connection, where the first earbud stores a Bluetooth address of a terminal and a Bluetooth address of a second earbud. When the charging case is opened, the charging case accommodates only the first earbud, and a first preset condition is met, the first earbud sends a first paging request to the second earbud based on the Bluetooth address of the second earbud. The first preset condition is that the Bluetooth connection includes a Bluetooth connection between the first earbud and the second earbud. In this way, reconnection duration of the first earbud when the charging case is opened can be reduced.

Claims (46)

1. A Bluetooth reconnection method, performed by a Bluetooth system comprising a terminal, a first earbud, a second earbud, and a charging case, and the method comprising:

when the charging case is closed, terminating, by the first earbud, a Bluetooth connection, wherein the first earbud stores a Bluetooth address of the terminal and a Bluetooth address of the second earbud; and

when the charging case is opened, the charging case contains only the first earbud, and there is a Bluetooth connection between the first earbud and the second earbud, sending, by the first earbud, a first paging request to the second earbud based on the Bluetooth address of the second earbud.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

when the charging case is opened, the charging case contains only the first earbud, and there is no Bluetooth connection between the first earbud and the second earbud, sending, by the first earbud, a second paging request to the terminal based on the Bluetooth address of the terminal.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the further comprising:

when the charging case is opened, the charging case contains the first earbud, and the first earbud is in a monaural working mode, sending, by the first earbud, a second paging request to the terminal based on the Bluetooth address of the terminal.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

when the charging case is opened and the charging case contains the first earbud and the second earbud, sending, by the first earbud, the first paging request to the second earbud based on the Bluetooth address of the second earbud.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

when the charging case is opened and the charging case contains the first earbud and a third earbud, sending, by the first earbud, a second paging request to the terminal based on the Bluetooth address of the terminal, wherein the first earbud is not paired with the third earbud.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after sending the first paging request to the second earbud based on the Bluetooth address of the second earbud, the method further comprises:

when the first earbud does not receive, within first preset time, a first paging response sent by the second earbud, sending, by the first earbud, a second paging request to the terminal based on the Bluetooth address of the terminal.

7. The method according to claim 2 , wherein after sending the second paging request to the terminal based on the Bluetooth address of the terminal, the method further comprises:

when the first earbud does not receive, within second preset time, a second paging response sent by the terminal, sending, by the first earbud, the first paging request to the second earbud based on the Bluetooth address of the second earbud.

8. A Bluetooth system, comprising:

a terminal, a first earbud, a second earbud, and a charging case, wherein the first earbud is configured to:

when the charging case is closed, terminate a Bluetooth connection, wherein the first earbud stores a Bluetooth address of the terminal and a Bluetooth address of the second earbud; and

when the charging case is opened, the charging case contains only the first earbud, and there is a Bluetooth connection between the first earbud and the second earbud, send a first paging request to the second earbud based on the Bluetooth address of the second earbud.

9. The Bluetooth system according to claim 8 , wherein the first earbud is further configured to:

when the charging case is opened, the charging case contains only the first earbud, and there is no Bluetooth connection between the first earbud and the second earbud, send a second paging request to the terminal based on the Bluetooth address of the terminal.

10. The Bluetooth system according to claim 8 , wherein the first earbud is further configured to:

when the charging case is opened, the charging case contains the first earbud, and the first earbud is in a monaural working mode, send a second paging request to the terminal based on the Bluetooth address of the terminal.

11. The Bluetooth system according to claim 8 , wherein the first earbud is further configured to:

when the charging case is opened and the charging case contains the first earbud and the second earbud, send the first paging request to the second earbud based on the Bluetooth address of the second earbud.

12. The Bluetooth system according to claim 8 , wherein the first earbud is further configured to:

when the charging case is opened and the charging case contains the first earbud and a third earbud, send a second paging request to the terminal based on the Bluetooth address of the terminal, wherein the first earbud is not paired with the third earbud.

13. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the first earbud is further configured to:

after sending the first paging request to the second earbud based on the Bluetooth address of the second earbud, when the first earbud does not receive, within first preset time, a first paging response sent by the second earbud, send a second paging request to the terminal based on the Bluetooth address of the terminal.

14. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first earbud is further configured to:

after sending the second paging request to the terminal based on the Bluetooth address of the terminal, when the first earbud does not receive, within second preset time, a second paging response sent by the terminal, send the first paging request to the second earbud based on the Bluetooth address of the second earbud.

15. An earbud operating as a first earbud, comprising:

a Bluetooth chip storing a Bluetooth address of a terminal and a Bluetooth address of a second earbud; and

a processor is configured to:

when a charging case is closed, instructs the Bluetooth chip to terminate a Bluetooth connection, and

when the charging case is opened, the charging case contains only the first earbud, and there is a Bluetooth connection between the first earbud and the second earbud, instruct the Bluetooth chip to send a first paging request to the second earbud based on the Bluetooth address of the second earbud.

16. The earbud according to claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

when the charging case is opened, the charging case contains only the first earbud, and there is no Bluetooth connection between the first earbud and the second earbud, instruct the Bluetooth chip to send a second paging request to the terminal based on the Bluetooth address of the terminal.

17. The earbud according to claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

when the charging case is opened, the charging case contains the first earbud, and the first earbud is in a monaural working mode, instruct the Bluetooth chip to send a second paging request to the terminal based on the Bluetooth address of the terminal.

18. The earbud according to claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

when the charging case is opened and the charging case contains the first earbud and the second earbud, instruct the Bluetooth chip to send the first paging request to the second earbud based on the Bluetooth address of the second earbud.

19. The earbud according to claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

when the charging case is opened and the charging case contains the first earbud and a third earbud, indicate the Bluetooth chip to send a second paging request to the terminal based on the Bluetooth address of the terminal, wherein the first earbud is not paired with the third earbud.

20. The earbud according to claim 15 , wherein the Bluetooth chip is further configured to:

after sending the first paging request to the second earbud based on the Bluetooth address of the second earbud, when the Bluetooth chip does not receive, within first preset time, a first paging response sent by the second earbud, send a second paging request to the terminal based on the Bluetooth address of the terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 28, 2024
From: NI, GUANJUN; ZHU, YUHONG; LIN, JIANXIN; ZHANG, XIAOQIANG; SU, JIONGJIN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067542/0004 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910844046.4 · Sep 6, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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