Connecting wireless devices
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsZheng Bi, Jia Yi Shen, Shi Wei, Xiao Feng Yu, Ya Wen Zhao
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for connecting wireless devices by receiving from a user's wireless device an environmental sound of the environment where the user is located. The method also includes obtaining a list of other wireless devices that are in the same environment as the user, according to the environmental sound and sending the list of wireless devices to the user for the user to select from the list of wireless devices one or more wireless devices for connecting.
Claims19
A method for establishing a connection between wireless devices, the method comprising:
- receiving from a wireless device of a user an environmental sound of an environment where the user is located;
- obtaining a list of other wireless devices that are in the same environment as the user according to the environmental sound;
- and
- sending the list of wireless devices to the user for the user to select from the list of wireless devices one or more wireless devices for connecting.
A method for establishing a connection between wireless devices, the method comprising:
- receiving the environmental sound of the environment where a user is located;
- sending the environmental sound to a server;
- in response to receiving a list of wireless devices from the server, selecting to-be-connected wireless devices, wherein the list of wireless devices is a list of other wireless devices that are determined to be in the same environment as the user according to the environmental sound;
- and
- sending related information of the selected to-be-connected wireless devices to the server.
A system for establishing a connection between wireless devices, the system comprising:
- receiving means configured to receive from a wireless device of a user an environmental sound of the environment where the user is located;
- processing means configured to obtain a list of other wireless devices that are in the same environment as the user, according to the environmental sound;
- and
- sending means configured to send the list of wireless devices to the user for the user to select from the list of wireless devices one or more wireless devices for connecting.
A system for establishing a connection between wireless devices, the system comprising:
- receiving means configured to receive the environmental sound of the environment where a user is located;
- sending means configured to send the environmental sound to a server;
- selecting means configured to, in response to receiving a list of wireless devices from the server, select to-be-connected wireless devices, wherein the list of wireless devices is a list of other wireless devices that are determined to be in the same environment as the user according to the environmental sound;
- wherein the sending means is further configured to send related information of the selected to-be-connected wireless devices to the server.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.