US 11,540,136 B2 · Device pairing

Abstract

Alternative pairing is used to enable communication between devices, but without conventional processes required for pairing. Moreover, multiple wireless bonds may be enabled, where both a device is linked to another device and an account is associated with the device and also a backend server. Once an appropriate bond is established, a streaming app (or partial or lightweight version of an application including a selected subset of application functionality) can be streamed to a device such that the user can enter information that can be transmitted to a paired device over the wireless connection. This can enable the association of the device to be performed with respect to the backend servers of the relevant provider. Such an approach can also establish a mechanism for the user to create an account while downloading the full application, or remainder of the application in some embodiments, in the background.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

detecting, by a first device, a second device sending a code over a wireless channel;
determining, based at least in part upon the code, a type of the second device;
pairing, by the first device, with the second device via the wireless channel;
subsequent to pairing with the second device via the wireless channel and while downloading a full version of an application to the first device, receiving a request to register, with a server, a user account to be associated with the second device;
in response to receiving the request to register the user account and while downloading the full version of the application to the first device, causing a lightweight version of the application to be displayed on the first device to enable registration of the user account, the lightweight version including a subset of functionality of the full version of the application;
and
causing the full version of the application to be downloaded to the first device while the lightweight version of the application is displayed on the first device.

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A method, comprising:

detecting, by a first device, a second device sending a code over a wireless channel;
receiving, from a user of the first device, authorization to connect to the second device;
pairing, by the first device, with the second device, via the wireless channel;
determining, based at least in part on the second device, an application for execution on the first device, the application providing one or more features associated with the second device;
subsequent to pairing with the second device via the wireless channel and while downloading a full version of the application to the first device, receiving a request to register, with a server, a user account to be associated with the second device;
subsequent to pairing the first device with the second device, receiving, from the server, a lightweight version of the application, the lightweight version of the application providing a subset of functionality of the full version of the application;
and
in response to receiving the request to register the user account, executing, on the first device, the lightweight version of the application to enable the user account to be registered with the server while downloading the full version of the application to the first device.

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A system comprising:

a first device comprising at least one processor and a memory device, the memory device including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the first device to:
detect a second device sending a code over a wireless channel;
determine, based at least in part upon the code, a type of the second device;
pair with the second device via the wireless channel;
receive a lightweight version of an application subsequent to the first device pairing with the second device, the lightweight version including a subset of functionality of a full version of the application;
subsequent to pairing with the second device via the wireless channel and while downloading the full version of the application to the first device, receive a request to register, with a server, a user account to be associated with the second device;
in response to receiving the request to register the user account and while downloading the full version of the application to the first device, execute the lightweight version of the application to enable the user account to be registered with the server while downloading the full version of the application to the first device;
and
receive the full version of the application while executing the lightweight version of the application.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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