Wireless Docking Station Auto-Connect and Persistent Pairing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional wireless docking systems lack a mechanism to communicate auto-connect and pairing settings to mobile clients, leading to repetitive user input and inefficient connection processes, especially in scenarios where automatic connections or certificate reuse are desired or prohibited.
Innovation Solution
Implementing auto-connect mode and persistent pairing settings in wireless docking stations, which advertise these settings through probe requests and responses, allowing mobile clients to automatically connect and reuse authentication certificates based on predefined configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If automatic connection is enabled for wireless docking stations, then user convenience and connection speed are improved, but security control and authentication management deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by introducing configurable auto-connect mode settings (enabled/disabled) and persistent pairing settings that modify the connection establishment parameters. These parameter changes allow the system to switch between automatic and manual connection modes, and between certificate reuse and fresh certificate generation, thereby resolving the contradiction between connection convenience and security control.
2Reliability
If pairing process is repeated each time connection is established, then security control is improved, but connection efficiency and user experience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the authentication process adaptive based on persistent pairing settings. When persistent pairing is enabled, the system dynamically reuses authentication certificates from previous sessions, eliminating the need to repeat the pairing process. This dynamic approach maintains security through controlled certificate reuse while significantly improving connection efficiency and user experience.
3Loss of time
If authentication certificates are reused, then connection time is reduced and efficiency is improved, but security risk and authentication reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent resolves this contradiction through parameter changes by introducing a persistent pairing setting that controls certificate reuse behavior. When this parameter is enabled, authentication certificates are reused across sessions, reducing connection time. When disabled, fresh certificates are generated, maintaining higher authentication reliability. This parameter-based control allows flexible adjustment based on security requirements.
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AI summary
Disclosed herein are connection management techniques for wireless docking. According to various such techniques, a wireless docking station may be arranged to implement an auto-connect mode setting that defines whether mobile clients are permitted to automatically connect to the wireless docking station, and may be arranged to implement a persistent pairing setting that defines whether authentication certificates may be reused. In some embodiments, the wireless docking station may be configured to advertise the auto-connect mode setting and the persistent pairing setting in auto-connect capability information elements (IEs) that it includes in probe requests and/or probe responses. The embodiments are not limited in this context.