Device pairing taking into account at least one condition

• US 10,142,823 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2014
• Issued: 11/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG (PHC Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG (PHC Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Fu, Qiang, Markovic, Alexander, Anstett, Jr., Joseph R., Milenkovic, Vladislav
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TUAN HOANG
• Application Number:
  US15/324,632
• Publication Number:
  US 20170208425A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,492 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0869 for achieving mutual authentication cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for mutual authentication H04L9/3273
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0876 based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/18 Comparators
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/26 A/D convertors
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/10 : using broadcasted information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 : Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/002 : Transmission of channel access control information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 : Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 : Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 : Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 : in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Some embodiments of the present invention include pairing two wireless devices by placing at least one of two devices in a pairing mode; performing at least one pairing motion event with at least one of the wireless devices to satisfy at least one pairing condition; detecting satisfaction of the at least one pairing condition; and pairing the two wireless devices in response to detecting satisfaction of the at least one pairing condition. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Claims

1. A method of pairing two wireless devices, the method comprising:

executing a pairing application on one of two wireless devices to place the one wireless device in a pairing mode;

physically moving at least one of the wireless devices to perform at least one pre-defined pairing motion event to satisfy at least one pairing condition;

detecting satisfaction of the at least one pairing condition with an accelerometer or radio receiver of one of the two wireless devices; and

establishing a communications link between the two wireless devices in response to detecting satisfaction of the at least one pairing condition.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless device executing the pairing application is a smart device that is programmable.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the two wireless devices include the smart device and a second device, and

the at least one pre-defined pairing motion event includes moving the second device away from the smart device to at least a pre-defined distance and then moving the second device toward the smart device.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein satisfying the at least one pairing condition includes separating the two wireless devices by at least the pre-defined distance.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein satisfying the at least one pairing condition includes bringing the two wireless devices together to be immediately proximate with each other after separating the two wireless devices by at least the pre-defined distance.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one pre-defined pairing motion event includes tapping the two wireless devices together.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein satisfying the at least one pairing condition includes tapping the two wireless devices together with enough force to exceed a pre-defined tap threshold.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein satisfying the at least one pairing condition includes moving the two wireless devices together at a fast enough rate to exceed a predefined mobility threshold.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein satisfying the at least one pairing condition includes moving the two wireless devices close enough together to exceed a predefined proximity threshold.

10. A system for pairing two wireless devices, the system comprising:

a first wireless device that includes a programmable smart device that is Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) enabled; and

a second wireless device that is BLE enabled,

wherein the second wireless device includes a processor and memory storing second wireless device instructions executable on the processor, wherein the second wireless device instructions when executed are operable to place the second wireless device in a pairing mode,

wherein the smart device includes an accelerometer or a radio receiver, a processor and memory storing smart device instructions executable on the processor, wherein the smart device instructions when executed are operable to;

detect performance of at least one pre-defined pairing motion event with an accelerometer or radio receiver,

determine if performance of at least one pre-defined pairing motion event satisfied at least one pairing condition, and

establish a communications link between the two wireless devices in response to determining satisfaction of the at least one pairing condition.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the smart device instructions further include instructions when executed are operable to:

execute a pairing application.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the smart device instructions further include instructions when executed are operable to:

monitor for an occurrence of at least one pre-defined pairing motion event that includes moving the second device away from the smart device to at least a pre-defined distance and then moving the second device toward the smart device.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the smart device instructions further include instructions when executed are operable to:

determine that the at least one pairing condition is satisfied when the two wireless devices are separated by at least the pre-defined distance.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the smart device instructions further include instructions when executed are operable to:

determine that the at least one pairing condition is satisfied when the two wireless devices are brought together to be immediately proximate with each other after the two wireless devices were separated by at least the pre-defined distance.

15. The system of claim 10 wherein the smart device instructions further include instructions when executed are operable to:

monitor for an occurrence of at least one pre-defined pairing motion event that includes tapping the two wireless devices together.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the smart device instructions further include instructions when executed are operable to:

determine that the at least one pairing condition is satisfied when the two wireless devices are tapped together with enough force to exceed a pre-defined tap threshold.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the smart device instructions further include instructions when executed are operable to:

determine that the at least one pairing condition is satisfied when the two wireless devices are moved together at a fast enough rate to exceed a predefined mobility threshold.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein the smart device instructions further include instructions when executed are operable to:

determine that the at least one pairing condition is satisfied when the two wireless devices are moved close enough together to exceed a predefined proximity threshold.

19. A pairing method for a smart device comprising:

executing a pairing application on a smart device that is BLE enabled in response to user input;

detecting a second BLE enabled device immediately proximate to the smart device with a radio receiver of the smart device;

detecting the second device in a pairing mode by receiving a pairing broadcast signal from the second device;

displaying instructions to a user to move the second device away from the smart device in response to detecting the second device immediately proximate to the smart device and in the pairing mode;

displaying instructions to the user to move the second device toward the smart device in response to detecting that a first pairing condition has been satisfied by a first pre-defined motion event; and

establishing a communications link between the smart device and the second device in response to detecting that a second pairing condition has been satisfied by a second pre-defined motion event.

20. The method of claim 19 further including:

displaying an indication of the smart device'"'"'s proximity to the second device in response to receiving the pairing broadcast signal from the second device; and

displaying a changing proximity indicator in response to the changing distance between the smart and second devices.