Method and device for pairing devices
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsYvon LEGALLAIS, Damien BONNET, Patrick FONTAINE
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Abstract
It is provided a method for pairing two devices, one of which is a first device the other is a second device, wherein the method is implemented at the first device, including: generating a pattern to be displayed on either of or both of the first and second devices; sending whole or a part of the tracing pattern to the second device for displaying the tracing pattern on the second device if any; displaying the corresponding pattern on the first device; receiving information indicating the result of tracing the pattern on the second device; and accepting pairing the two devices.
Claims17
1-18. (canceled)
A method for pairing two devices, one of which is a first device, the other is a second device, wherein the method is implemented at the first device, comprising:
- generating a tracing pattern to be displayed on either of one or both of the first and second devices, by taking into account the display characteristics of both first and second devices;
- generating a pair of indicators for alignment references to be displayed on each of the first and second devices, said indicators providing a relative position of both first and second devices as well as a direction for a swipe gesture;
- sending whole or a part of the tracing pattern for displaying the tracing pattern on the second device if any and the indicator to the second device;
- displaying the corresponding tracing pattern and the indicator on the first device;
- receiving information indicating the result of tracing on the second device;
- and
- accepting pairing the two devices according to the information.
A device for pairing two devices, one of which is a first device, the other is a second device, comprising a processor configured to implement:
- generating a tracing pattern to be displayed on either of one or both of the first and second devices, by taking into account the display characteristics of both first and second devices;
- generating a pair of indicators for alignment references to be displayed on each of the first and second devices, said indicators providing a relative position of both first and second devices as well as a direction for a swipe gesture;
- sending whole or a part of the tracing pattern for displaying the tracing pattern on the second device if any and the indicator to the second device;
- displaying the corresponding tracing pattern and the indicator on the first device;
- receiving information indicating the result of tracing on the second device;
- accepting pairing the two devices according to the information.
A second device to be paired with a first device, comprising a processor configured to implement:
- receiving whole or a part of a tracing pattern taking into account the display characteristics of both first and second devices and an alignment reference from the first device if any providing a relative position of both first and second devices as well as a direction for a swipe gesture;
- displaying the received tracing pattern and the alignment reference on the second devices;
- detecting the tracing on the screen of the second device;
- sending information indicating the result of tracing on the second device to the first device;
- waiting until pairing is accepted by the first device according to the information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.