Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wireless personal area network having authentication and associated methods
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Application No.: US11044959Application Date: 2005-01-27
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Publication No.: US08553885B2Publication Date: 2013-10-08
- Inventor: Herbert A. Little , Scott D. Rose , Scott W. Totzke , Mihal Lazaridis
- Applicant: Herbert A. Little , Scott D. Rose , Scott W. Totzke , Mihal Lazaridis
- Applicant Address: CA Waterloo, Ontario
- Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
- Current Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
- Current Assignee Address: CA Waterloo, Ontario
- Agency: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04K1/00
- IPC: H04K1/00

Abstract:
A wireless personal area network (WPAN) system includes a plurality of WPAN devices using encrypted wireless communication therebetween when in an enabled state and not wirelessly communicating when in a disabled state. At least one of the WPAN devices includes a WPAN identity reader for reading at least one identifying parameter of a user, for confirming that the user is an authorized user based upon reading the at least one identifying parameter, and for wirelessly communicating with at least one other WPAN device to switch the at least one other WPAN device from the disabled state to the enabled state based upon confirming the user is an authorized user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060165236A1 Wireless personal area network having authentication and associated methods Public/Granted day:2006-07-27
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