System for utilizing identity based on pairing of wireless devices
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsRobert T. Bell, Larry William Truesdale
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus may include a memory and a processor. The processor may be operable to create a wireless connection to a wireless device. The processor may be operable to form a pairing with the wireless device based on a unique identifier of the wireless device. The unique identifier may be received from the wireless device. The unique identifier may identify the wireless device in the pairing. The processor may be operable to receive user data associated with the unique identifier from a database. The processor may be operable to initiate configuration of an IP telephony service, where the configuration based, at least in part, on the user data.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- wireless circuitry;
- and
- a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
- create a wireless connection to a wireless device via the wireless circuitry;
- form a pairing between the apparatus and the wireless device over the wireless connection in response to the wireless device being within range of the apparatus, wherein the formation of the pairing is based on a unique identifier of the wireless device that identifies the wireless device during the formation of the pairing, and the unique identifier is received from the wireless device during the formation of the pairing;
- identify a user of the wireless device from user data associated in a database with the unique identifier of the wireless device in response to receipt of the unique identifier of the wireless device from the wireless device during the formation of the pairing;
- and
- initiate configuration of an Internet Protocol telephony service in response to the formation of the pairing, wherein the configuration is based, at least in part, on the user data, and the configuration includes creation of an Internet Protocol telephony connection.
A method comprising:
- creating, from a telephony device, a wireless connection to a wireless device via wireless circuitry of the telephony device;
- forming a pairing between the telephony device and the wireless device over the wireless connection in response to the wireless device being within range of the telephony device, wherein the formation of the pairing is based on a unique identifier of the wireless device that identifies the wireless device during the formation of the pairing, and the unique identifier is received from the wireless device during the formation of the pairing;
- identifying a user of the wireless device from user data associated in a database with the unique identifier of the wireless device in response to receipt of the unique identifier of the wireless device from the wireless device during the formation of the pairing;
- and
- initiating configuration of an Internet Protocol telephony service in response to the formation of the pairing, wherein the configuration is based, at least in part, on the user data, and the configuration includes creation of an Internet Protocol telephony connection.
One or more tangible non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions and when the software is executed operable to:
- create, from a telephony device, a wireless connection to a wireless device via wireless circuitry of the telephony device;
- form a pairing between the telephony device and the wireless device over the wireless connection in response to the wireless device being within range of the telephony device, wherein the formation of the pairing is based on a unique identifier of the wireless device that identifies the wireless device during the formation of the pairing, and the unique identifier is received from the wireless device during the formation of the pairing;
- identify a user of the wireless device from user data associated in a database with the unique identifier of the wireless device in response to receipt of the unique identifier of the wireless device from the wireless device during the formation of the pairing;
- and
- initiate configuration of an Internet Protocol telephony service in response to the formation of the pairing, wherein the configuration based, at least in part, on the user data, and the configuration includes creation of an Internet Protocol telephony connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.