CN104601788A - Wireless communication device and wireless pairing method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a wireless communication device and a wireless pairing method thereof. The method is applicable to a first wireless communication device, the first wireless communication device includes a storage module, the storage module stores a first operating system and a second operating system, and the method includes: running the first operating system, and performing wireless pairing of the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device through the first operating system; storing pairing information of the wireless pairing in a shared data backup area of the storage module through the first operating system; running the second operating system, and reading the pairing information from the shared data backup area through the second operating system; and establishing a wireless connection between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device through the second operating system according to the pairing information.

Description

Wireless communication device and its wireless pairing method

technical field

The present invention relates to a wireless communication device, and in particular to a wireless communication device and its wireless pairing method.

Background technique

With the advancement of information technology, many computer systems can install multiple operating systems at the same time. For example, two or more operating systems such as Microsoft Windows OS and iOS can be installed on one computer at the same time. When starting the computer, the user can choose which operating system to use, and in the process of operating the computer, the user can also choose whether to switch to another operating system. In addition, some computer systems can also support short-distance wireless communication functions such as Bluetooth (Bluetooth) and wireless compatibility certification (Wireless Fidelity, Wi-Fi).

However, when a user performs wireless pairing with a Bluetooth device (for example, a Bluetooth headset) through an operating system (for example, iOS) of a computer, the pairing information between the computer and the Bluetooth device cannot be displayed on the computer. The remaining operating systems (for example, Windows XP) are used directly, so that after the operating system is switched, the switched operating system must perform a wireless pairing again, causing inconvenience in use.

Contents of the invention

In view of this, the present invention provides a wireless communication device and its wireless pairing method, which can allow multiple operating systems in the wireless communication device to share pairing information, reducing the number of repeated wireless pairing.

The invention provides a wireless pairing method of a wireless communication device. The method is suitable for a first wireless communication device. The first wireless communication device includes a storage module, and the storage module stores a first operating system and a second operating system. The method includes: running the first operating system, and performing wireless pairing between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device through the first operating system; storing the pairing information of the wireless pairing in the shared data of the storage module through the first operating system backup area; run the second operating system, and read the pairing information from the shared data backup area through the second operating system; according to the pairing information, establish a wireless connection between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device through the second operating system .

The present invention further provides a wireless communication device, which includes a wireless module, a storage module and a processing module. The storage module is used for storing the first operating system and the second operating system. The processing module is electrically connected to the storage module and the wireless module. The processing module is used to run the first operating system, and control the wireless module to perform wireless pairing between the wireless communication device and another wireless communication device through the first operating system. The processing module is also used for storing the pairing information of the wireless pairing in the shared data backup area of the storage module through the first operating system. The processing module is also used to run the second operating system, and read the pairing information from the shared data backup area through the second operating system. The processing module is also used for controlling the wireless module to establish a wireless connection between the wireless communication device and another wireless communication device through the second operating system according to the pairing information.

Based on the above, the wireless communication device and its wireless pairing method provided by the present invention can store the pairing information between the wireless communication device and another wireless communication device in a shared information backup area. When the user switches the operating system of the wireless communication device, the wireless communication device can automatically establish a wireless connection with the corresponding wireless communication device according to the pairing information in the shared information backup area, without repeatedly performing wireless pairing, which improves Ease of use.

In order to make the above-mentioned features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the following specific embodiments are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a wireless pairing method for a wireless communication device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a shared data backup area according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a shared data backup area according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a shared data backup area according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of reference signs:

10. 11_1~11_4: wireless communication device;

102: wireless module;

104: storage module;

106: processing module;

301, 401, 501: shared data backup area;

31, 32, 41, 42, 51, 52, 53: system partition;

S202, S204, S206, S208: each step of the wireless pairing method of the wireless communication device in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1, the wireless communication device 10 can be an electronic device with a wireless communication function such as a smart phone (smart phone), a tablet computer (Tablet PC), a game console (game console), a notebook computer (notebook) or a desktop computer. The invention is not limited thereto. In an exemplary embodiment, the wireless communication device 10 can at least support one or a combination of the Bluetooth (BT) protocol and the Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) protocol, or the rest are established The wireless communication protocol requiring authentication before connection is not limited thereto.

For example, the wireless communication device 10 may respectively establish wireless connections with the wireless communication devices 11_1 - 11_4 through the Bluetooth protocol, and share resources with the wireless communication devices 11_1 - 11_4 through the established wireless connections or share resources between the wireless communication device 10 and the wireless communication devices 11_4 . Control signals are transmitted between the wireless communication devices 11_1 to 11_4. For example, the wireless communication devices 11_1 - 11_4 can be respectively a wireless mouse, a wireless keyboard, a smart phone (or a tablet computer) and a notebook computer, etc., and are not limited to the above.

The wireless communication device 10 includes a wireless module 102 , a storage module 104 and a processing module 106 . The wireless module 102 is, for example, a wireless network interface card (wireless Network Interface Card, wireless NIC for short), and it can support one or a combination of the Bluetooth protocol and the wireless compatible authentication protocol. In addition, in an exemplary embodiment, the wireless module 102 can also support other wireless communication protocols that require authentication before establishing a connection, which is not limited by the present invention.

The storage module 104 may include various storage media such as a hard disk (Hard Drive Disk, HDD for short) and a memory (memory), which are not limited by the present invention. The storage module 104 stores multiple operating systems (Operating System, OS for short). For example, these operating systems include Microsoft Windows (Microsoft Windows) operating systems (eg, Windows XP, Window7 and/or Windows8, etc.), Android (Android) operating systems and iOS, etc., and the present invention is not limited thereto.

The processing module 106 is electrically connected to the wireless module 102 and the storage module 104 . The processing module 106 can be a chip (chip) or a chipset (chipset) with data processing capabilities such as a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), a microprocessor (micro-processor) or an embedded controller (embedded controller), The present invention is not limited thereto.

For the convenience of description, the present invention will be described below assuming that the storage module 104 stores the first operating system and the second operating system. The first operating system is, for example, Windows 8 as an example, and the second operating system is, for example, iOS.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a wireless pairing method for a wireless communication device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 at the same time. In step S202, the processing module 106 runs the first operating system. For example, in an exemplary embodiment, if the processing module 106 can only run one operating system at a time, in step S202, the processing module 106 can only run the first operating system, or keep the first operating system in a normal working mode, and Put the second operating system into hibernate (Hibernate) mode. In addition, in an exemplary embodiment, if the processing module 106 supports running two or more operating systems at the same time, in step S202, the processing module 106 can maintain both the first operating system and the second operating system in normal working mode, and only the operating system that mainly operates is set as the first operating system.

Then, the processing module 106 executes the wireless pairing between the wireless communication device 10 and the wireless communication devices (for example, the wireless communication devices 11_1 - 11_4 ) through the first operating system. For example, the processing module 106 can control the wireless module 102 to search for wireless communication devices (eg, wireless communication devices 11_1 - 11_4 ) within a specific range near the wireless communication device 10 through the first operating system. The specific range depends on the strength of the wireless signal emitted by the wireless module 102, and the strength of the wireless signal can be adjusted according to practical requirements.

In an exemplary embodiment, assuming that the wireless communication device 11_1 is located within the specific range, and the wireless communication device 11_1 has a searchable function enabled, the wireless communication device 11_1 can be found by the wireless communication device 10 . When the processing module 106 (or the wireless module 102 ) finds the wireless communication device 11_1 , the processing module 106 can perform wireless pairing between the wireless communication device 10 and the wireless communication device 11_1 through the first operating system.

For example, during the wireless pairing (for example, Bluetooth pairing) process between the wireless communication device 10 and the wireless communication device 11_1, the processing module 106 may obtain the Media Access Control address (Media Access Control address, Abbreviation: MAC address) and/or the media access control address of the wireless communication device 11_1, and generate a link key (link key) according to the media access control address of the wireless module 102 and/or the media access control address of the wireless communication device 11_1. For example, the connection key can be based on the MAC address of the wireless module 102 and/or the MAC address of the wireless communication device 11_1 with specific parameters, through an encrypting device or a random number generator (random number generator) to generate random numbers. That is to say, the connection key can be used for authentication between the wireless communication device 10 and the wireless communication device 11_1 to confirm whether the other party is legitimate. According to the connection key, the processing module 106 can further control the wireless module 102 to establish a wireless connection with the wireless communication device 11_1 through the first operating system.

In addition, according to the pairing result of the wireless pairing, the processing module 106 can obtain the pairing information of the wireless pairing through the first operating system. That is to say, the pairing information mentioned here includes connection key and pairing device information. Wherein, the connection key is generated during the above wireless pairing process, and the paired device information is, for example, device information that records the MAC address and/or device name of the wireless communication device 11_1 and can be used to identify the wireless communication device 11_1 .

That is to say, for the first operating system, it only needs to perform wireless pairing with the wireless communication device 11_1 once to obtain pairing information corresponding to the wireless communication device 11_1 . When it is necessary to establish a wireless connection with the wireless communication device 11_1 next time, the first operating system can quickly obtain the connection key required for establishing the connection, the MAC address of the wireless communication device 11_1 and/or according to the pairing information The device name, and related connection settings, etc., and establish the wireless connection between the wireless communication device 10 and the wireless communication device 11_1, without performing wireless pairing again.

Next, in step S204 , the processing module 106 stores the obtained pairing information of the wireless pairing in the shared data backup area of the storage module 104 through the first operating system. For example, the data in the shared data backup area can be read and written by both the first operating system and the second operating system. Alternatively, in an exemplary embodiment, data written by a specific operating system may also be protected by a specific anti-write mechanism to avoid accidental deletion by other operating systems, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a shared data backup area according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 at the same time. In an exemplary embodiment, the storage module 104 includes a system partition 31 and a system partition 32 . The system partition 31 and the system partition 32 may be located on the same or different hard disk or storage, and the present invention is not limited thereto. The system partition 31 stores a first operating system (for example, Windows8), and the system partition 32 stores a second operating system (for example, iOS).

In this exemplary embodiment, the processing module 106 creates a shared data backup area 301 in the system partition 31 . After the first operating system obtains the pairing information PI of the wireless pairing, the processing module 106 stores the pairing information PI in the shared data backup area 301 through the first operating system. In addition, the shared data backup area 301 may be established in advance, or established by the processing module 106 through the first operating system immediately when obtaining the pairing information PI of the wireless pairing, which is not limited by the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a shared data backup area according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 4 at the same time. In an exemplary embodiment, the storage module 104 includes a system partition 41 and a system partition 42 . The system partition 41 and the system partition 42 may be located on the same or different hard disk or storage, and the present invention is not limited thereto. The system partition 41 stores a first operating system (for example, Windows8), and the system partition 42 stores a second operating system (for example, iOS).

In this exemplary embodiment, the processing module 106 creates a shared data backup area 401 in the system partition 42 . After the first operating system obtains the pairing information PI of the wireless pairing, the processing module 106 stores the pairing information PI in the shared data backup area 401 through the first operating system. In addition, the shared data backup area 401 may be established in advance, or established by the processing module 106 through the first operating system immediately when obtaining the pairing information PI of the wireless pairing, which is not limited by the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a shared data backup area according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 5 at the same time. In an exemplary embodiment, the storage module 104 includes system partitions 51 - 53 . The system partitions 51-53 may be located on the same or different hard disks or storages, and the present invention is not limited thereto. The system partition 51 stores a first operating system (for example, Windows8), the system partition 52 stores a second operating system (for example, iOS), and the system partition 53 can be used to store the rest of the system information (for example, management tables, etc. etc.) or user data.

In this exemplary embodiment, the processing module 106 creates a shared data backup area 501 in the system partition 53 . After the first operating system obtains the pairing information PI of the wireless pairing, the processing module 106 stores the pairing information PI in the shared data backup area 501 through the first operating system. In addition, the shared data backup area 501 may be established in advance, or established by the processing module 106 through the first operating system immediately when obtaining the pairing information PI of the wireless pairing, which is not limited by the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 again, in step S206, the processing module 106 runs the second operating system. For example, in an exemplary embodiment, if the processing module 106 can only run one operating system at a time, then in step S206, the processing module 106 will first enable the first operating system to enter the sleep mode, and the first operating system to enter the sleep mode Afterwards, continue to run the second operating system. Or, in an exemplary embodiment, if the processing module 106 supports running two or more operating systems at the same time, then in step S206, the processing module 106 can run synchronously when the first operating system is maintained in the normal working mode second operating system. For example, the processing module 106 can keep both the first operating system and the second operating system in normal working mode, and only switch the main operating system from the first operating system to the second operating system. Then, the processing module 106 reads the pairing information from the shared data backup area (eg, the shared data backup area 301 , 401 or 501 ) through the second operating system.

Next, in step S208, the processing module 106 establishes a wireless connection between the wireless communication device 10 and the wireless communication device 11_1 through the second operating system according to the pairing information.

Generally speaking, since the pairing information corresponding to the wireless communication device 11_1 is obtained by the processing module 106 through the first operating system, the processing module 106 closes the first operating system and only runs the second operating system, or the main operation When the operating system is switched from the first operating system to the second operating system, the second operating system cannot directly establish a wireless connection with the wireless communication device 11_1 according to the pairing information, but needs to re-execute the connection with the wireless communication device 11_1 through the second operating system. The pairing information can only be obtained through wireless pairing of the communication device 11_1. However, since the first operating system has previously stored the pairing information obtained by the first operating system in the shared data backup area (for example, the shared data backup area 301, 401 or 501), therefore, in step S208, the second operating system The wireless pairing that needs to be performed again in the past can be skipped, and the pairing information is directly read from the shared data backup area, and the wireless module 102 is controlled to establish a wireless connection between the wireless communication device 10 and the wireless communication device 11_1 according to the pairing information.

For example, when the second operating system is set as the main operating system of the processing module 106, the processing module 106 can query the pairing device information in the pairing information through the second operating system, and control the wireless module 102 to search and determine the pairing device information. Whether the described wireless communication device 11_1 is nearby. If the wireless communication device 11_1 is nearby, the connection key in the pairing information, the media access control address of the wireless communication device 11_1, the device name, and related connection settings and other information related to wireless pairing are used to establish wireless communication. The wireless connection between the device 10 and the wireless communication device 11_1.

However, it should be understood that although the above-mentioned exemplary embodiment takes the Bluetooth connection of the wireless communication device 11_1 (for example, a wireless mouse) as an example, in an exemplary embodiment, it is assumed that the wireless communication device 11_3 or 11_4 turns on the hotspot ( hot spot) and other functions supported by the Wi-Fi protocol, the wireless communication device 10 (or the processing module 106) can first perform wireless pairing of the Wi-Fi protocol with the wireless communication device 11_3 or 11_4 through the first operating system, and When the wireless communication device 10 (or the processing module 106) is running the second operating system (for example, setting the second operating system as the main operating system or only running the second operating system), the first operating system is read by the second operating system. The operating system stores the pairing information in the shared data backup area (for example, the shared data backup area 301, 401 or 501) in advance. Then, the second operating system controls the wireless module 102 to establish a Wi-Fi connection with the wireless communication device 11_3 or 11_4 according to the pairing information, thereby eliminating the troublesome procedure of re-pairing when switching operating systems in the past. In addition, in an exemplary embodiment, other wireless communication protocols that require authentication before establishing a connection are applicable to the present invention.

It is worth mentioning that, in an exemplary embodiment, the processing module 106 may include corresponding hardware circuits to perform the functions mentioned in the above exemplary embodiments. Alternatively, in an exemplary embodiment, the storage module 104 stores corresponding software or firmware modules, and after these software or firmware modules are loaded into the processing module 106 and run, the processing module 106 can execute the above exemplary embodiment method steps in .

To sum up, the wireless communication device and its wireless pairing method of the present invention can store the pairing information between the wireless communication device and another wireless communication device in a shared information backup area. When the user switches the operating system of the wireless communication device, the wireless communication device can automatically establish a wireless connection with the corresponding wireless communication device according to the pairing information in the shared information backup area, without repeating the wireless pairing, greatly Improve the convenience of use.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than limiting them; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that: It is still possible to modify the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or perform equivalent replacements for some or all of the technical features; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the technical solutions of the various embodiments of the present invention. scope.

Claims (10)

1. the wireless pairing method of a radio communication device, be applicable to one first radio communication device, it is characterized in that, this first radio communication device comprises a memory module, this memory module stores one first operating system and one second operating system, and the method comprises:

Run this first operating system, and perform a wireless pairing of this first radio communication device and one second radio communication device by this first operating system;

By this first operating system, one unpaired message of this wireless pairing is stored in one of this memory module and shares data backup district;

Run this second operating system, and read this unpaired message by this second operating system from this shared data backup district; And

According to this unpaired message, set up a radio connecting of this first radio communication device and this second radio communication device by this second operating system.

2. the wireless pairing method of radio communication device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, this unpaired message comprises connection gold key and a contrast means information, and the step being performed this wireless pairing of this first radio communication device and this second radio communication device by this first operating system is comprised:

This second radio communication device near this first radio communication device in a particular range is searched by this first operating system;

When searching this second radio communication device, performed this wireless pairing of this first radio communication device and this second radio communication device by this first operating system; And

According to a pairing result of this wireless pairing, obtained this unpaired message of this wireless pairing by this first operating system.

3. the wireless pairing method of radio communication device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, this first operating system is stored in a first system cut section of this memory module, and this second operating system is stored in a second system cut section of this memory module, and the method also comprises:

One the 3rd System Partition district of this first system cut section, this second system cut section and this memory module one of them in, set up this shared data backup district.

4. the wireless pairing method of radio communication device according to claim 1, is characterized in that, the step running this second operating system comprises:

This first operating system is made to enter a park mode; And

After this first operating system enters this park mode, run this second operating system.

5. the wireless pairing method of radio communication device according to claim 1, is characterized in that, the step running this second operating system comprises:

This first operating system is made to maintain a normal mode of operation; And

When this first operating system maintains this normal mode of operation, this second operating system of synchronous operation.

6. a radio communication device, is characterized in that, comprising:

One wireless module;

One memory module, in order to store one first operating system and one second operating system; And

One processing module, is electrically connected this memory module and this wireless module,

Wherein this processing module is in order to run this first operating system, and controls by this first operating system the wireless pairing that this wireless module performs this radio communication device and another radio communication device,

Wherein this processing module also shares data backup district in order to one unpaired message of this wireless pairing is stored in one of this memory module by this first operating system,

Wherein this processing module is also in order to run this second operating system, and reads this unpaired message by this second operating system from this shared data backup district,

Wherein this processing module is also in order to according to this unpaired message, controls by this second operating system the radio connecting that this wireless module sets up this radio communication device and this another radio communication device.

7. radio communication device according to claim 6, is characterized in that, this unpaired message comprises connection gold key and a contrast means information,

Wherein this processing module also searches this another radio communication device near this radio communication device in a particular range in order to be controlled this wireless module by this first operating system,

When searching this another radio communication device, this processing module also in order to control by this second operating system this wireless pairing that this wireless module performs this radio communication device and this another radio communication device,

Wherein this processing module is also in order to the pairing result according to this wireless pairing, obtains this unpaired message of this wireless pairing.

8. radio communication device according to claim 6, is characterized in that, this first operating system is stored in a first system cut section of this memory module, and this second operating system is stored in a second system cut section of this memory module,

Wherein this processing module also in order to one the 3rd System Partition district in this first system cut section, this second system cut section and this memory module one of them in, set up this shared data backup district.

9. radio communication device according to claim 6, is characterized in that, this processing module also in order to make this first operating system enter a park mode, and after this first operating system enters this park mode, runs this second operating system.

10. radio communication device according to claim 6, it is characterized in that, this processing module also in order to make this first operating system maintain a normal mode of operation, and when this first operating system maintains this normal mode of operation, this second operating system of synchronous operation.