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US 10,257,870 B2Granted
Pairing of electronic devices using near field wireless communication
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYoshinori Satoh, Kanahiro Shirota, Takashi Tsurumoto, Naoki Sugita
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a first communication unit which performs wireless communication with another electronic device, and a second communication unit which carries out transactions of information, which is necessary for pairing with the other electronic device performed by the first communication, with the other electronic device using near field wireless communication.
Claims16
A first electronic device, comprising:
- a first communication circuit;
- and
- a second communication circuit configured to:
- determine a command is received from an information processing device;
- read first address information of the first electronic device based on the determination that the command is received;
- and
- transmit, in a state in which a power source of the first electronic device is turned off, the first address information of the first electronic device to a second electronic device by near field wireless communication,
- wherein the first address information is utilized to pair the first electronic device with the second electronic device, and
- wherein the first communication circuit is configured to wirelessly communicate with the second electronic device based on key information generated by the information processing device.
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A communication system, comprising:
- a first electronic device;
- and
- a second electronic device,
- wherein the first electronic device includes:
- a first communication circuit;
- and
- a second communication circuit configured to:
- determine a command is received from an information processing device;
- read first address information of the first electronic device based on the determination that the command is received;
- and
- transmit, in a state in which a power source of the first electronic device is turned off, the first address information of the first electronic device to the second electronic device by near field wireless communication,
- wherein the first address information is utilized to pair the first electronic device with the second electronic device, and
- wherein the first communication circuit is configured to wirelessly communicate with the second electronic device based on key information generation by the information processing device;
- and
- wherein the second electronic device includes:
- a third communication circuit configured to transmit, in the state in which the power source of the first electronic device is turned off, second address information of the second electronic device to the first electronic device via the information processing device based on the near field wireless communication.
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A method, comprising:
- in a first electronic device:
- determining a command is received from an information processing device;
- reading address information of the first electronic device based on the determination that the command is received;
- transmitting, in a state in which a power source of the first electronic device is turned off, the address information of the first electronic device to a second electronic device using near field wireless communication,
- wherein the address information is utilized to pair the first electronic device with the second electronic device;
- and
- wirelessly communicating with the second electronic device based on key information generated by the information processing device.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a first electronic device to execute operations, the operations comprising:
- determining a command is received from an information processing device;
- reading address information of the first electronic device based on the determination that the command is received;
- transmitting, in a state in which a power source of the first electronic device is turned off, the address information of the first electronic device, to a second electronic device using near field wireless communication,
- wherein the address information is utilized to pair the first electronic device with the second electronic;
- and
- wirelessly communicating with the second electronic device based on key information generated by the information processing device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.