MEDIA DEVICE CONFIGURATION AND ECOSYSTEM SETUP

• US 20140269651A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jawbone Innovations, LLC
• Original Assignee: AliphCom, Inc. (AliphCom Corp.)
• Inventors: Luna, Michael Edward Smith
• Granted Patent: US 9,380,613 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/00 Arrangements for software engineering testing or debugging G06F11/36; administrative, planning or organisation aspects of software project management G06Q10/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/18 using different networks or channels, e.g. using out of band channels cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving distinctive intermediate devices or communication paths H04L9/0827; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for authentication using a plurality of channels H04L9/3215
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/00 Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers subscriber services or facilities provided at exchanges H04M3/00; prepayment telephone coin boxes H04M17/00; current supply arrangements H04M19/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• 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 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode 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

Abstract

Embodiments relate generally to electrical and electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, and portable and wearable media devices. Media devices may include a plurality of RF transceivers and an audio system. The RF transceivers and/or audio system may be used to wirelessly communicate between media devices and allow configuration and other data to be wirelessly transmitted from one media device to another media device. A user device may be used to Bluetooth® (BT) pair with a media device and to install a configuration on the media device. Other media devices may be configured using the configuration without breaking the BT pairing and without the other media device having to BT pair with the user device. Each media device may include at least one antenna and may include an antenna that is de-tunable.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a controller in electrical communication with

a data storage system including non-volatile memory,

an input/output (I/O) system,

a radio frequency (RF) system including at least one RF antenna electrically coupled with

a first transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate using a first protocol,

a second transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate using a second protocol that is different than the first protocol, and

an ad hoc (AH) transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate only with other devices having the AH transceiver using a third protocol that is different than the first and second protocols,

an audio/video (A/V) system including a loudspeaker electrically coupled with a power amplifier and a microphone electrically coupled with a preamplifier, and

a power system configured to supply electrical power to the controller, the data storage system, the I/O system, the RF system, and the A/V system.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein at an initial power up, the controller commands the first transceiver to listen for a pairing signal from a user device, and upon successfully pairing with the user device, to wirelessly receive data that is used by the controller to control operation of the data storage, I/O, RF, audio, and power systems.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the data comprise a user specific configuration that is stored in the non-volatile memory.

4. The device of claim 2, wherein the data comprises instructions used by the controller to command the second transceiver to join a designated WiFi network, the data including a uniform resource identifier (URI) for an Internet address where a user specific configuration is located, and the controller uses the designated WiFi network to download the user specific configuration into the non-volatile memory.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the URI comprises a uniform resource locator (URL).

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the controller comprises at least one integrated circuit (IC) selected from the group consisting of a microprocessor (μ

P), a microcontroller (μ

C), a digital signal processor (DSP), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), and an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC).

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the non-volatile memory includes a user specified configuration.

8. A method for configuring media devices in an ecosystem, comprising:

activating a Bluetooth (BT) discovery mode on a user device configured for BT communication;

powering up a first media device;

activating BT pairing mode on the first media device;

BT pairing the user device with the first media device;

connecting the user device with a wireless network;

installing an application (APP) on the user device using the wireless network, the APP comprised of a non-transitory computer readable medium;

using the APP to create a configuration (CFG) to be installed on the first media device, the CFG comprised of a non-transitory computer readable medium;

installing the CFG on the first media device; and

connecting the first media device to the wireless network.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the wireless network comprises a WiFi network.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the APP is installed from a location on the Internet.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the APP is installed from an application store.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the wireless network comprises a cellular network.

13. The method of claim 8 and further comprising:

using the APP to install the CFG on a second media device without establishing a BT pairing between the user device and the second media device.

14. The method of claim 13 and further comprising:

maintaining the BT pairing between the first media device and the user device.

15. The method of claim 13 and further comprising:

wirelessly communicating data between the first media device and the second media device using an Ad Hoc (AH) wireless network established only between the first and second media devices.

16. A method for configuring media devices in an ecosystem, comprising:

powering up a configured first media device, the powering up operative to activate a RF system of the configured first media device;

powering up an un-configured second media device, the powering up operative to activate a RF system of the un-configured second media device;

determining that the first and second media devices recognize each other using wireless communications over their respective RF systems;

transmitting a configuration (CFG) from the configured first media device to the un-configured second media device, the second media device becoming a configured second media device after the transferring;

connecting the configured second media device with a wireless network.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the wireless network comprises a cellular network.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the wireless network comprises a WiFi network.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the wireless network comprises a proprietary Ad Hoc (AH) wireless network configured to allow wireless communications only between the configured first and second media devices.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the transmitting comprises using a Bluetooth (BT) transceiver included in the RF systems in the configured first media device and the un-configured second media device.