Pairing electronic devices through an accessory device
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsCatelyn G. Orsini, Vikas Vashisht, Alberto J. Montilla Bravo
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Abstract
In one example, an accessory device establishes a connection with a first collaboration device. An acoustic signal encoded with a token and transmitted by a second collaboration device is received at the accessory device. The acoustic signal is decoded at the accessory device to obtain the token. The token is transmitted from the accessory device to the first collaboration device for verification and pairing of the first collaboration device with the second collaboration device.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- establishing, by an accessory device, a connection with a first collaboration device of a first user, wherein the accessory device exchanges one or more of audio and video with the first collaboration device, and wherein the accessory device informs the first collaboration device to disable processing of acoustic signals for pairing on the first collaboration device based on establishing the connection;
- receiving, at the accessory device, an acoustic signal encoded with a token and transmitted by a second collaboration device of a second user to pair with the first collaboration device for a collaboration session including the first and second users;
- decoding, at the accessory device, the acoustic signal to obtain the token;
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- transmitting the token from the accessory device to the first collaboration device for verifying the first collaboration device and pairing the first collaboration device with the second collaboration device for the collaboration session.
An apparatus comprising:
- an accessory device including one or more processors configured to:
- establish a connection with a first collaboration device of a first user, wherein the accessory device exchanges one or more of audio and video with the first collaboration device, and wherein the accessory device informs the first collaboration device to disable processing of acoustic signals for pairing on the first collaboration device based on establishing the connection;
- receive an acoustic signal encoded with a token and transmitted by a second collaboration device of a second user to pair with the first collaboration device for a collaboration session including the first and second users;
- decode the acoustic signal to obtain the token;
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- transmit the token to the first collaboration device for verifying the first collaboration device and pairing the first collaboration device with the second collaboration device for the collaboration session.
One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with processing instructions that, when executed by a processor of an accessory device, cause the processor to:
- establish a connection with a first collaboration device of a first user, wherein the accessory device exchanges one or more of audio and video with the first collaboration device, and wherein the accessory device informs the first collaboration device to disable processing of acoustic signals for pairing on the first collaboration device based on establishing the connection;
- receive an acoustic signal encoded with a token and transmitted by a second collaboration device of a second user to pair with the first collaboration device for a collaboration session including the first and second users;
- decode the acoustic signal to obtain the token;
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- transmit the token to the first collaboration device for verifying the first collaboration device and pairing the first collaboration device with the second collaboration device for the collaboration session.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.