Method and System for Improved Communication Among Paired Electronic Devices

A method of reestablishing a first communication arrangement between a first electronic device and a second electronic device that has been terminated, the method comprising:

• either receiving at the first electronic device from a third electronic device a request to enter into a second communication relationship with the third electronic device or sending from the first electronic device for receipt by the third electronic device the request to enter into the second communication relationship;
• either outputting from the first electronic device an image for detection by the third electronic device, or detecting the image at the first electronic device when the image is output by the third electronic device;
• communicating with the third electronic device so as to establish the second communication arrangement with the third electronic device, wherein the second communication arrangement is a visual pairing relationship;
• and
• upon the second communication arrangement being established, either sending from the first electronic device for receipt by the second electronic device or receiving at the first electronic device from the second electronic device a previously-exchanged code,
• wherein the first communication arrangement between the first and second electronic devices is reestablished upon the previously-exchanged code being recognized or accepted by at least one of the first and second electronic devices.

A first mobile device configured for reestablishing, with a second mobile device, a first visual pairing relationship that has been terminated, the first mobile device comprising:

• at least one memory component configured to store a first code and first image data;
• either a visual output component configured to display a first image based at least upon the first image data for receipt by a third mobile device, or a visual input component configured to sense light output by the third mobile device that is representative of the first image;
• at least one wireless transceiver configured to send for receipt by the third mobile device, or to receive from the third mobile device, at least one first wireless signal, and further configured to send for receipt by the second mobile device at least one second wireless signal including information based at least indirectly upon the first code;
• a processing device coupled at least indirectly to each of the at least one memory component, to either the visual output component or the visual input component, and to the at least one wireless transceiver,
• wherein the processing device is configured to make a first determination that a second visual pairing relationship has been established between the first mobile device and the third mobile device based at least indirectly upon an internal signal indicative of the sensed light or upon the at least one first wireless signal and further, upon the first determination being made, to cause the at least one wireless transceiver to send the at least one second wireless signal for receipt by the second mobile device,
• whereby at least indirectly in response to the at least one second wireless signal the first visual pairing relationship is reestablished.