Communicating wireless pairing information for pairing an electronic device to a host system
AssigneeThe Code Corporation
InventorsMing Lei, Mark Ashby, Jonathan Bosley, Steve Pierce
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Abstract
During a pairing procedure between an electronic device and a host system, the host system may output audiovisual data that communicates wireless pairing information. The electronic device may detect the audiovisual data and determine the wireless pairing information by processing the audiovisual data that it detects. The wireless pairing information may facilitate pairing the electronic device to the host system in accordance with the short-range wireless communication protocol.
Claims26
A device for pairing to a host system, the device comprising:
- a wireless communication module that implements a short-range wireless communication protocol;
- a data detector that detects audiovisual data that is output by the host system during a pairing procedure that is performed in accordance with the short-range wireless communication protocol, wherein the audiovisual data communicates wireless pairing information, and wherein the wireless pairing information is discernible by humans when the audiovisual data is output by the host system;
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- a recognition module that determines the wireless pairing information by processing the audiovisual data.
A method for pairing a device to a host system, comprising:
- detecting audiovisual data that is output by the host system during a pairing procedure that is performed in accordance with a short-range wireless communication protocol, wherein the audiovisual data communicates wireless pairing information, and wherein the wireless pairing information is discernible by humans when the audiovisual data is output by the host system;
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- determining the wireless pairing information by processing the audiovisual data.
A device for pairing to a host system, the device comprising:
- a wireless communication module that implements a short-range wireless communication protocol;
- a data detector that detects audiovisual data that is output by the host system during a pairing procedure that is performed in accordance with the short-range wireless communication protocol, wherein the audiovisual data communicates wireless pairing information;
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- a recognition module that determines the wireless pairing information by processing the audiovisual data;
- wherein the wireless communication module uses the wireless pairing information to confirm that the pairing procedure is being performed with the host system.
A method for pairing a device to a host system, comprising:
- detecting audiovisual data that is output by the host system during a pairing procedure that is performed in accordance with a short-range wireless communication protocol, wherein the audiovisual data communicates wireless pairing information;
- determining the wireless pairing information by processing the audiovisual data;
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- using the wireless pairing information to confirm that the pairing procedure is being performed with the host system.
A host system for pairing to a device, the host system comprising a wireless communication module that implements a short-range wireless communication protocol, the host system being configured to:
- generate audiovisual data that communicates a passkey for use in a pairing procedure between the host system and the device;
- display the audiovisual data during the pairing procedure;
- calculate a second commitment value that depends on the passkey, a public key of the device and a public key of the host system;
- compare, via a multi-stage process, a first commitment value received from the device with the second commitment value;
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- discontinue displaying the audiovisual data when comparison of the first commitment value with the second commitment value begins.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.