# US 2017/0289744 A1 · Electronic device pairing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0289744 A1 - Document ID: US20170289744A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/472,968 - Filed: 2017-03-29 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-29 - Assignees: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited - Applicants: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited - Inventors: Fan Zhi Li - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170289744A1 ## CPC - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04L 67/303: Terminal profiles - H04W 8/005: {Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, at an electronic device, a wireless signal associated with an input device; identifying, using a processor, a data set corresponding to the wireless signal; analyzing the data set to determine an identity characteristic of the input device; and pairing, based on the analyzing, the electronic device with the input device. Other aspects are described and claimed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: detecting, at an electronic device, a wireless signal associated with an input device; identifying, using a processor, a data set corresponding to the wireless signal; analyzing the data set to determine an identity characteristic of the input device; and pairing, based on the analyzing, the electronic device with the input device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting comprises detecting the wireless signal when the input device exceeds a proximity threshold associated with the electronic device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting comprises detecting the wireless signal at a specified spatial range of the electronic device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the specified spatial range comprises a region of the electronic device selected from a group consisting of a region of a display screen of the electronic device and a region above the selected region of the display screen. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the specified spatial range may be adjustably set by a user. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the data set comprises an input device identifier specific to the input device ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, further comprising extracting a specified data segment from the input device identifier. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the specified data segment comprises a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the input device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the pairing comprises pairing the identity characteristic of the input device with an identity characteristic of the information handling device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the identity characteristic comprises a Media Access Control (MAC) address. ### Claim 11 An electronic device, comprising: a processor; a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to: detect a wireless signal associated with an input device; identify a data set corresponding to the wireless signal; analyze the data set to determine an identity characteristic of the input device; and pair, based on the analyzing, the electronic device with the input device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the instructions executable by the processor to detect further comprise instructions executable by the processor to detect the wireless signal when the input device exceeds a proximity threshold associated with the electronic device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the instructions executable by the processor to detect further comprise instructions executable by the processor to detect the wireless signal at a specified spatial range of the electronic device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the specified spatial range comprises a region of the electronic device selected from a group consisting of a region of a display screen of the electronic device and a region above the selected region of the display screen. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the specified spatial may be adjustably set by a user. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the data set comprises an input device identifier specific to the input device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to extract a specified data segment from the input device identifier. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The information handling device of claim 17, wherein the specified data segment comprises a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the input device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the instructions executable by the processor to pair further comprise instructions executable by the processor to pair the identity characteristic of the input device with an identity characteristic of the electronic device. ### Claim 20 A product, comprising: a storage device that stores code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising: code that detects a wireless signal associated with an input device; code that identifies a data set corresponding to the wireless signal; code that analyzes the data set to determine an identity characteristic of the input device; and code that pairs, based on the analyzing, an electronic device with the input device.