Proximity-based configuration of a device

At least one computer-readable storage medium having instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by an auxiliary device, cause the auxiliary device to perform a method comprising acts of:

• (A) receiving, from a mobile computing device, a transmission;
• (B) sending, in response to receiving the transmission:
• (1) information usable by the mobile computing device to determine, in the absence of any user input to an application or other component(s) executing on the mobile computing device, whether the auxiliary device is in sufficiently close proximity to the mobile computing device for the mobile computing device to configure the auxiliary device, and
• (2) information identifying at least one feature, characteristic and/or operation of the auxiliary device that is configurable by the mobile computing device;
• and
• (C) receiving from the mobile computing device information usable by the auxiliary device to configure at least one feature, characteristic and/or operation of the auxiliary device.

A mobile computing device, comprising:

• at least one communication component, configured to receive a transmission from an auxiliary device;
• and
• at least one processor, configured to:
• determine, in the absence of any user input to any application or other component executing on the mobile computing device, whether the auxiliary device is in sufficiently close proximity to the mobile computing device for the mobile computing device to configure the auxiliary device;
• and
• if it is determined that the auxiliary device is in sufficiently close proximity to the mobile computing device for the mobile computing device to configure the auxiliary device, cause the at least one communication component to issue instructions to the auxiliary device for configuring at least one feature, characteristic and/or operation of the auxiliary device.

At least one computer-readable storage medium having instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a mobile computing device, cause the mobile computing device to perform a method comprising acts of:

• (A) receiving a transmission from an auxiliary device;
• (B) determining, in the absence of any user input to an application or other component(s) executing on the mobile computing device, whether the auxiliary device is in sufficiently close proximity to the mobile computing device for the mobile computing device to configure the auxiliary device;
• and
• (C) if it is determined in the act (B) that the auxiliary device is in sufficiently close proximity to the mobile computing device for the mobile computing device to configure the auxiliary device, configuring at least one feature, characteristic and/or operation of the auxiliary device.