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US 9,960,959 B2Granted
Methods and systems for transmitting information between electronic devices
OwnerMichael Flacco, Nicolas Flacco +1inventors
InventorsMichael Flacco, Nicolas Flacco, Cameron Colpitts
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Abstract
Various embodiments of methods and systems for establishing communication over a wireless communication network between a master device and a partial function device. The master device and partial function device can use a separate communication channel during setup or configuration for communicating over the wireless communication network. The separate communication channel can be, for example, an audio-based channel or optical-based channel.
Claims5
A method for communicating with a target device on a wireless network comprising the following steps:
- transmitting access credentials for the wireless network between a smart device and the target device through a different communication channel that is different from the wireless network, the different communication channel being established by visible light emitted from a lighting source on the smart device, sound emitted from an audio speaker of the smart device, or vibration caused by a vibration actuator of the smart device;
- connecting the target device to the wireless network using the access credentials received from the smart device through the different communication channel;
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- after connecting the target device to the wireless network, using the wireless network to transmit control information from the smart device to the target device to control a state of the target device.
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