US 2014/0273854 A1Published application

System and method of peer-to-peer, paired, and synchronized nodes

AssigneeAndrew Breckman

InventorsAndrew Breckman, Agesino Primatic, Mark Slaughter, Ben Reytblat, David Berko

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Abstract

The present disclosure provides for a method of pairing wireless devices as well as wireless devices employing the pairing methodology. The wireless devices each possess individual identifiers. The individual identifiers comprise a 64 bit number. Each device also possesses a number of selection indicator identifiers. The selection indicator identifier is a preferably a color comprising a 24 bit number. The individual identifier and selection indicator identifier are combined using a hash function to create a 32 bit hash group identification. A simultaneous holding of buttons on the wireless devices creates the pairing between the devices and stores the 32 bit hash group identification in the device's memory. When two unpaired devices sharing a group identification number are brought within a predetermined proximity to one another, the devices automatically pair.

Claims31

Dependent claims

A method of pairing two wireless devices comprising:

providing a first and a second wireless device each comprising,
an input channel;
an output channel;
a data processing unit;
a non-volatile memory;
and
an individual identifier, the individual identifier being a unique alpha-numeric message;
matching an output channel message associated with the first wireless device to the output channel message associated with the second wireless device, the matching comprising,
inputting a first input message to the first wireless device, thereby associating a next one of a set of output messages with the output channel of the first wireless device;
inputting the first input message to the second wireless device thereby associating the next one of the set of output messages with the output channel of the second wireless device;
and
repeating the step of inputting the first input message on the second wireless device until the message associated with the output channel of the second wireless device matches the message associated with the output channel of the first wireless device;
generating a group identifier, the generating comprising,
inputting a second input message to both the first and the second wireless devices while the first and second wireless devices are operative and within communications range, thereby causing the first and second individual identifiers and the matched output message to be operated on by a hash function, operative on the data processing unit of each of the wireless devices, to generate the group identifier;
and
storing the group identifier in the non-volatile memory of both the first and second wireless devices, thereby pairing the two wireless devices.

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A method of pairing two wireless devices comprising:

providing a first and a second wireless device each comprising,
an input channel;
an output channel;
a data processing unit;
a non-volatile memory;
and
an individual identifier, the individual identifier being a unique alpha-numeric message;
matching an output channel message associated with the first wireless device to the output channel message associated with the second wireless device, the matching comprising,
inputting a first input message to the first wireless device, thereby associating a next one of a set of output messages with the output channel of the first wireless device;
inputting the first input message to the second wireless device thereby associating the next one of the set of output messages with the output channel of the second wireless device;
and
repeating the step of inputting the first input message on the second wireless device until the message associated with the output channel of the second wireless device matches the message associated with the output channel of the first wireless device;
generating a group identifier, the generating comprising,
inputting a second input message to both the first and the second wireless devices while the first and second wireless devices are operative and within communications range, thereby causing the first and second individual identifiers and the matched output message to be operated on by a hash function, operative on the data processing unit of each of the wireless devices, to generate the group identifier;
and
storing the group identifier in the non-volatile memory of both the first and second wireless devices, thereby pairing the two wireless devices;
automatically pairing two unpaired wireless devices that share the same group identification,
wherein the pairing automatically occurs when the two unpaired wireless devices are brought within a predetermined range of one another;
and
synchronizing an output of the wireless device with other wireless devices sharing the same group identification.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/208,341Filed 13 Mar 2014
Priority: 13 Mar 2013
Published: 18 Sep 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

H04W 8/205
Transfer of user or subscriber data: transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier
H04M 1/026
Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets: details of the structure or mounting of specific components
H04W 4/80
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services using short range communication, e.g. near-field…
H04W 8/005
Network data management: discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

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