MULTI-DEVICE SESSION PAIRING USING A VISUAL TAG

• US 20120198531A1
• Filed: 01/31/2011
• Published: 08/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Ort, Jeffrey, Bertolami, Joseph, Habarakada, Shyam
• Application Number:
  US13/017,172
• Publication Number:
  US 20120198531A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/7
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security

Abstract

One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for joining two or more devices in a multi-device communication session. A request is received from a first device, such as at a session hosting service on a remote server, to initiate a multi-device communication session, such on the session hosting service. A visual tag is sent to the first device, such as from the session service, where the visual tag comprises device-session pairing information, such as session service identification and session authorization. A multi-device communication session joining request is received from a second device, where the request from the second device comprises the device-session pairing information retrieved from the visual tag displayed by the first device, and captured by the second device.

Claims

1. A method for joining two or more devices in a multi-device communication session, comprising:

receiving a multi-device communication session initiation request from a first device;

sending a visual tag to the first device, the visual tag comprising device-session pairing information; and

receiving a multi-device communication session joining request from a second device, where the multi-device communication session joining request is initiated by the second device using the device-session pairing information from the visual tag displayed by the first device.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising hosting the multi-device session on a session server.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising generating the visual tag comprising the device-session pairing information in response to the receipt of the request from the first device.

4. The method of claim 1, receiving the multi-device communication session initiation request from a first device comprising receiving a request for registration of the first device in one of:

a new multi-device communication session; and

an existing multi-device communication session.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising rendering the visual tag on a display of the first device viewable by the second device.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising capturing the visual tag displayed by the first device with the second device.

7. The method of claim 6, comprising decoding the captured visual tag to identify the device-session pairing information on the second device.

8. The method of claim 6, comprising determining whether the captured visual tag comprises a valid visual tag on the second device.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising the second device sending the device-session pairing information to a session server in response to capturing the visual tag displayed by the first device.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising verifying the device-session pairing information received from the second device.

11. The method of claim 10, the verifying comprising determining whether the device-session pairing information is valid.

12. The method of claim 10, the verifying comprising determining one or more of:

whether the device-session pairing information comprises a desired time interval for the multi-device communication session;

whether a desired number of devices have already joined the multi-device communication session; and

whether the device-session pairing information comprises valid security information.

13. The method of claim 10, comprising joining the second device to the session if the device-session pairing information is verified.

14. A system for joining two or more devices in a multi-device communication session, comprising:

a session server configured to host a multi-device communication session;

a session request receiving component operably coupled with the session server, and configured to;

receive a multi-device communication session initiation request from a first device; and

receive a multi-device communication session joining request from a second device, where the multi-device communication session joining request is initiated by the second device using device-session pairing information from a visual tag displayed by the first device; and

a visual tag providing component operably coupled with the session request receiving component, and configured to send the visual tag to the first device, where the visual tag comprises the device-session pairing information.

15. The system of claim 14, comprising a validation component configured to validate the received multi-device communication session joining request from the second device using the device-session pairing information received from the second device.

16. The system of claim 14, comprising a multi-device session connection component configured to join the second device with the multi-device communication session upon validation of the received multi-device communication session joining request from the second device.

17. The system of claim 14, comprising a visual tag creation component configured to create the visual tag comprising the device-session pairing information.

18. The system of claim 17, the device-session pairing information comprising information that allows the second device to connect to the multi-device communication session on the session server for a desired duration.

19. The system of claim 14, the visual tag comprising a graphical image that is:

digitally rendered on a display of the first device;

captured by the second device from the display of the first device; and

decoded to identify the device-session pairing information.

20. A method for joining two or more devices in a multi-device communication session, comprising:

receiving a multi-device communication session initiation request from a first device;

generating a visual tag comprising device-session pairing information in response to the receipt of the request from the first device;

sending the visual tag to the first device;

receiving a multi-device communication session joining request from a second device, where the multi-device communication session joining request is initiated by the second device using the device-session pairing information from the visual tag displayed by the first device;

verifying the device-session pairing information received from the second device; and

joining the second device to the session if the device-session pairing information is verified.