Device pairing techniques using digital watermarking
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorMark CHANG
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Abstract
Computer-implemented techniques include detecting, using a camera of a computing device having one or more processors, a digital watermark displayed by a display of a computing system. The digital watermark can be a visual indicator that is detectable by the camera of the computing device, and the computing system can further comprise a set of speakers and a set of cameras. The techniques can include determining, by the computing device, a unique identifier for the computing system based on the digital watermark. The techniques can also include automatically coordinating, by the computing device, an audio/video conference session between the computing device and the computing system using the unique identifier.
Claims21
(canceled)
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- establishing a connection, by a first user computing device, to a conference session hosted by a remote computing device;
- and
- during an established conference session:
- detecting, using a camera of the first user computing device, a digital watermark displayed by a display of a computing system that is distinct from the first user computing device and is not participating in the conference session;
- determining, by the first user computing device, a unique identifier for the computing system based on the digital watermark;
- and
- enabling, by the first user computing device, an addition of the computing system to the conference session based on the unique identifier.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory with instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- establishing a connection, by a first user computing device, to a conference session hosted by a remote computing device;
- and
- during an established conference session:
- detecting, using a camera of the first user computing device, a digital watermark displayed by a display of a computing system that is distinct from the first user computing device and is not participating in the conference session;
- determining, by the first user computing device, a unique identifier for the computing system based on the digital watermark;
- and
- enabling, by the first user computing device, an addition of the computing system to the conference session based on the unique identifier.
A non-transitory computer readable medium with instructions that, when executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- establishing a connection, by a first user computing device, to a conference session hosted by a remote computing device;
- and
- during an established conference session:
- detecting, using a camera of the first user computing device, a digital watermark displayed by a display of a computing system that is distinct from the first user computing device and is not participating in the conference session;
- determining, by the first user computing device, a unique identifier for the computing system based on the digital watermark;
- and
- enabling, by the first user computing device, an addition of the computing system to the conference session based on the unique identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.