Secure information exchange between devices using location and unique codes

One or more computer-readable media that are non-transitory and that store a program, wherein the program, when executed, instructs a processor to perform the following operations:

• receive a communication over a network from a smart-television device, wherein the communication includes a device identifier, which is unique, for the smart-television device and a geo-location for the smart-television device, wherein the geo-location results at least in part from collaborative location detection that uses stored geo-positions previously received from one or more mobile devices positioned proximate to the smart-television device and wherein the collaborative location detection uses a statistical measure of central tendency;
• cause the smart-television device to display a first view that includes a visual icon and a message identifying a connected-television service;
• receive a geo-position for a mobile device;
• upon determining that the geo-location of the smart-television device is proximate to the geo-position of the mobile device, cause the mobile device to display a second view that includes the visual icon;
• receive a communication over the network from the mobile device that indicates a match between the visual icon in the first view and the visual icon in the second view;
• and
• cause the smart-television device to display a third view with a message indicating connection to the smart-television device, wherein each of the operations is executed by one or more processors.

A method, comprising the operations of:

• receiving a communication over a network from a smart-television device, wherein the communication includes a device identifier, which is unique, for the smart-television device and a geo-location for the smart-television device, wherein the geo-location results at least in part from collaborative location detection that uses stored geo-positions previously received from one or more mobile devices positioned proximate to the smart-television device and wherein the collaborative location detection uses a statistical measure of central tendency;
• causing the smart-television device to display a first view that includes a visual icon and a message identifying a connected-television service;
• receiving a geo-position for a mobile device;
• upon determining that the geo-location of the smart-television device is proximate to the geo-position of the mobile device, causing the mobile device to display a second view that includes the visual icon;
• receiving a communication over the network from the mobile device that indicates a match between the visual icon in the first view and the visual icon in the second view;
• and
• causing the smart-television device to display a third view with a message indicating connection to the smart-television device, wherein each of the operations is executed by one or more processors.