Granted Patent B2

US 10,200,072 · App. 15/464,184 · Granted Feb 5, 2019

Inventors: Wilco vanDijk (IJsselstein, NL); Martijn Schuurmans (Den Bosh, NL)

Assignee: Mitel Networks Corporation

H04B1/385A61B5/00A61B5/0002A61B5/0015H04L67/22H04W4/80H04W76/14H04W76/30A61B5/1113A61B2560/0456

Abstract

Claims (25)

1. A portable device for wirelessly communicating with a remote first further device; the portable device comprising:

I) a power source chargeable by a power supply separate from the portable device; the portable device configured to have a plurality of coupling states associated with the power supply; the power supply being separate from the device and remote from the further device;

II) communication apparatus wirelessly connectable to the further device via a personal area network, PAN, and configured to enable the portable device to have a wireless connection state associated with the further device;

III) a processor configured to:

monitor a change between a coupled state and an uncoupled state of the said coupling states; wherein the said coupled state is associated with the power source being coupled to the power supply whilst the uncoupled state is associated with the power source being uncoupled to the power supply; and,

output data for changing the connection state based upon the change from

the coupled state to the uncoupled state; wherein said processor is configured to output data for at least one of:

A) initiating the un-pairing of the portable device from the further device upon a change from the uncoupled state to the coupled state; and

B) initiating the pairing of the portable device to the further device upon a change from the coupled state to the uncoupled state.

2. A portable device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the PAN uses radio waves.

3. A portable device as claimed in claim 1 comprising an antimicrobial material.

4. A portable device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the said data output from the

processor comprises data configured to cause the communication apparatus to wirelessly connect or disconnect from the further device.

5. A portable device as claimed in claim 1 comprising a display for outputting information associated with data received from the further device.

6. A portable device as claimed in claim 5 wherein the portable device is attachable about the torso of a user; and, the display is configurable to at least partially face the head of the user when the portable device is attached about the torso of the user.

7. A portable device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the output data comprises connection data associated with establishing a secure connection with the further device: the portable device configured to output information from the display associated with the connection data.

8. A portable device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the portable device is configured to remove data associated with the pairing upon the portable device and further device becoming unpaired.

9. A system comprising the portable device as claimed in claim 1 , the system further comprising any one or more of:

the power supply;

a second further device remote from the portable device and the first further device; the second further device configured to be wirelessly connectable to the first further device.

10. A system as claimed in claim 9 comprising the second further device, wherein: the second further device is configured to send data to the first further device; wherein the first further device is configured to send further data to the portable device; the further data associated with the data received by the first further device.

11. A system as claimed in claim 10 comprising a plurality of said portable devices;

each portable device associated with and wirelessly connectable to a separate further device;

the second further device configured to send further data to each further device;

wherein each further device is configured to send further data to its respective portable device.

Assignments (15)

Priority Claims (1)

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