Bluetooth TDI and winsock interface

US6961942B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Stanley William Adermann · Sammamish, US
• Siamak Poursabahian · Redmond, US
• Louis J. Giliberto · Redmond, US
• Doron J. Holan · Seattle, US
• Husni Roukbi · Seattle, US
• Kenneth D. Ray · Seattle, US
• Joseph M. Joy · Bengaluru, IN
• William Michael Zintel · Woodinville, US
• Mark D. Bertoglio · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 6, 2000
• Grant date: Nov 1, 2005
• Expiry date: Apr 29, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F9/545
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and computer program product provide applications and application developers with generic access from user mode to the L2CAP layer of Bluetooth by exposing the L2CAP layer to user mode via a socket interface. In particular, a kernel mode primary component and user mode helper component cooperate to expose a Winsock interface to user mode components, and to manage various Bluetooth-specific functions and operations, allowing a user mode user application to access Bluetooth functionality without providing Bluetooth-specific commands or actions, and without being required to use RFCOMM.