US 2015/0087231 A1Published application

Device auto pairing without touch and tap

AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC

InventorsRohit R. Sinha, Naveen Aerrabotu

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Abstract

A device-to-device (D2D) pairing assembly comprises: a first and a second device detecting and communicating (DDC) component communicatively coupled to each other and to a microprocessor that executes a device pairing parameter exchange (DPPE) utility, which configures the D2D pairing assembly to: detect a communicative coupling of a first user device to the first DDC component; receive from the first user device at least one first pairing parameter, which first pairing parameter enables another device to connect to and participate in a pairing session with the first user device; detect a communicative coupling of a second user device to the second DDC component; and communicate the at least one first pairing parameter to the second user device, via the second DDC component, to trigger the second user device to connect to and participate in a pairing session with the first user device via a direct device-to-device communication channel.

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Dependent claims

A device-to-device (D2D) pairing assembly comprising:

a first device detecting and communicating (DDC) component;
a second DDC component communicatively coupled to the first DDC component;
a microprocessor communicatively coupled to the first DDC component and to the second DDC component and which is configured with a device pairing parameter exchange (DPPE) utility that executes on the microprocessor and configures the D2D pairing assembly to:
detect a communicative coupling of a first user device to the first DDC component;
in response to detecting the communicative coupling of the first user device, receive from the first user device at least one first pairing parameter provided by a pairing application executing on the first user device, which at least one first pairing parameter enables another device to connect to and participate in a pairing session with the first user device;
detect a communicative coupling of a second user device to the second DDC component;
and
communicate the at least one first pairing parameter to the second user device, via the second DDC component, to trigger the second user device to connect to and participate in the pairing session with the first user device via a direct device-to-device communication medium.

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A method for facilitating pairing of a first user device with a second user device, the method comprising:

detecting a communicative coupling of a first user device to a first device detecting and communicating (DDC) component;
and
in response to detecting the communicative coupling of the first user device, receiving from the first user device at least one first pairing parameter provided by a pairing application executing on the first user device, which at least one first pairing parameter enables another device to connect to and participate in a pairing session with the first user device;
detecting a communicative coupling of a second user device to a second DDC component that is communicatively coupled to the first DDC component on a device-to-device (D2D) pairing assembly;
and
communicating the at least one first pairing parameter to the second user device, via the second DDC component, to trigger the second user device to connect to and participate in the pairing session with the first user device via a direct device-to-device communication medium.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.