Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bluetooth pairing system, method, and apparatus
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Application No.: US14380517Application Date: 2012-09-04
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Publication No.: US09609677B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Poh Beng Tan , Martin James Baptist , Keen Hon Wong , Honching Lui , Xiang Li
- Applicant: Poh Beng Tan , Martin James Baptist , Keen Hon Wong , Honching Lui , Xiang Li
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: CERTIS CISCO SECURITY PTE LTD
- Current Assignee: CERTIS CISCO SECURITY PTE LTD
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Agency: Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Eisenschenk
- Priority: SG201204588-6 20120620
- International Application: PCT/SG2012/000316 WO 20120904
- International Announcement: WO2013/191648 WO 20131227
- Main IPC: H04B7/00
- IPC: H04B7/00 ; H04W76/02 ; H04W12/08 ; H04W12/04 ; H04W4/00 ; H04W12/06 ; H04W84/18

Abstract:
The system provides secure controlled access to multiple Bluetooth devices issued to users. For example an officer may be issued a weapon. To enable monitoring of weapon status, a Bluetooth sensor may be fitted to a holster and the Officer issued with a Bluetooth enabled mobile phone. In order to establish a secure Bluetooth connection between the devices, sensor contains a restored link key and the mobile phone stores a partial link key. The supervisor enters their username and password, and a secret key into the phone which is then used with the partial link key to generate a copy of the link key stored in the first device, so that a secure connection can be established with the first device. The officer enters their username and password into the sensor, and once the secure connection is established it is sent over the secure connection to the mobile phone which then sends both user names and passwords to a verification authority. If the officer is verified and authorized to issue the devices, an authorization message is returned and use of the devices allowed. If the authorization fails, a failure message is returned and the devices are not issued and features may be blocked. The verification authority may be internal or external to the phone. If the authority is external, then the supervisor's user name and password could be omitted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150147970A1 BLUETOOTH PAIRING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-05-28
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