US 12,342,413 B2
Pairable devices and systems and methods for providing assisted pairing of devices to particular locations
Jason M. Williams, Cary, NC (US); and Richard Schuman, Cary, NC (US)
Assigned to Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed by HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/551,683.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/127,629, filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0201460 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 76/14 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 8/005 (2013.01) [G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 76/30 (2018.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pairable medical device, comprising:
a communication system configured to communicate via a communication channel;
a processor;
a display device configured to display an interface;
a memory storing program instructions, the program instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the processor to:
scan for wireless broadcasts based upon received input or satisfying a scanning criterion;
receive, based upon the scan, identifying data wirelessly broadcast from a control device;
output information to the interface identifying the control device;
receive input from the interface selecting the control device;
send wireless confirmation of pairing to the control device;
receive a command from the control device;
physically interact with a user based upon the command received from the control device;
automatically unpair the control device after a predetermined amount of idle time has elapsed; and
in response to the unpairing:
send a wireless confirmation of unpairing to the control device;
perform a scan for wireless broadcasts in response to the unpairing, based upon received input or satisfying the scanning criterion, and
provide an indicator of the pairing and the automatic unpairing, and update the indicator from a first state to a second state that reflects the automatic unpairing,
wherein the pairable medical device comprises a rail-mounted lift.