| CPC H04M 1/72412 (2021.01) [H04W 4/20 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method comprising:
communicating between a first device and a second device over a first protocol comprising an unencrypted connection to transfer a first set of data from the first device to the second device;
receiving from the second device a request to activate notification alerts on the first device; and
switching from the first protocol to a second protocol comprising an encrypted link to enable the first device to communicate with the second device to receive one or more notifications from the second device, the switching comprising switching to an encrypted BLE link layer connection between the first device and the second device in response to receiving the request to activate the notification alerts on the first device.
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