US 12,457,655 B2
Method and system for near-field pairing on a current limited portable communication device
Mark A Boerger, Plantation, FL (US); David J Ley, Plantation, FL (US); Ellis A Pinder, Davie, FL (US); Kathleen Culligan, Downers Grove, IL (US); Liang Xu, Weston, FL (US); and Daniel Grobe Sachs, Elmhurst, IL (US)
Assigned to MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on May 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/315,236.
Prior Publication US 2024/0381460 A1, Nov. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 72/541 (2023.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/15 (2018.02) [H04W 72/541 (2023.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable communication system, comprising:
a portable radio device having a processor configured to:
manage land mobile radio (LMR) communications and non-LMR communications, the LMR communications including mission critical communications and non-mission critical communications;
enter a multi-stage wireless pairing mode between the portable radio device and an accessory, wherein the multi-stage wireless pairing mode is triggered by a user-initiated input, and the multi-stage wireless pairing mode includes a first Bluetooth (BT) pairing stage that uses BT communication and near-field communication (NFC), and a second BT pairing stage that uses only BT communication;
monitor for high-priority, high-current mission critical events during the multi-stage wireless pairing mode;
temporarily disable low-priority, high-current operations during the first BT pairing stage;
re-enable low-priority, high-current operations during the second BT pairing stage;
generate a user notification indicating that pairing is in process during the first and second BT pairing stages, and generate a different notification in response to successful completion of the second BT pairing stage;
exit the multi-stage wireless pairing mode in response to a high-priority, high-current mission critical event occurring during either the first BT pairing stage or the second BT pairing stage and service the high-priority, high-current mission critical event; and
exit the multi-stage wireless pairing mode, and begin wireless BT communications between the portable radio device and accessory, in response to completion of both the first BT pairing stage and the second BT pairing stage.