Intelligent pairing of electronic devices
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1. A method, comprising:
- sharing information between a first device and a second device during an initial pairing operation, wherein the shared information is motion data;
generating the motion data by,mechanically associating the first device and the second device,moving the first device and second device, while mechanically associated, such that first deviceand the second device experience correlated movements,recording the movements of the first device, including associated timing information, as first device motiondata, and the movements of the second device, including associated timing information, as second device motion data,retaining the first device motion data as a first device motion signature inthe first device and the second device motion data as a second device motion signature in the second device;
wirelessly linking the first and the second devices using at least some of the shared information; and
after the wireless link has been severed, re-establishing the wireless link between only the first and the second devices using at least some of the shared information at a subsequent pairing operation.
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Abstract
An intelligent pairing between a first device and a target second device is described. The intelligent pairing can use information provided by a plurality of second devices responding to a connection request by the first device where only one of the plurality of responding second devices is the target second device. The information can include a motion signature, a first device identifier, and a second device identifier.
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1. A method, comprising:
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sharing information between a first device and a second device during an initial pairing operation, wherein the shared information is motion data; generating the motion data by, mechanically associating the first device and the second device, moving the first device and second device, while mechanically associated, such that first device and the second device experience correlated movements, recording the movements of the first device, including associated timing information, as first device motion data, and the movements of the second device, including associated timing information, as second device motion data, retaining the first device motion data as a first device motion signature in the first device and the second device motion data as a second device motion signature in the second device; wirelessly linking the first and the second devices using at least some of the shared information; and after the wireless link has been severed, re-establishing the wireless link between only the first and the second devices using at least some of the shared information at a subsequent pairing operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A portable media device, comprising:
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a processor, wherein the processor causes the portable media device to pair with a target remote device by causing the portable media device to, receive connection packets from each of a plurality of remote devices only one of which is the target remote device, wherein each of the connection packets includes information associated with the corresponding remote device, analyze the received information, identify the target remote device based on the analysis; and
pair only with the target remote device; anda motion detector, the motion detector arranged to detect motion of the portable media device, the motion detector converting the detected motion into motion data retained in the memory device, wherein during a shake to pair pairing operation between the portable media player and the target remote device the portable media player and the target remote device are mechanically associated with each other such the both the portable media player and the target remote device undergo correlated movements that the motion detector senses and converts to motion data, the motion data retained in the memory device as a portable media player motion signature. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. Non-transitory computer readable medium for storing computer code executed by a processor in a portable device for pairing with a target remote device, comprising:
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computer code for sharing information between a first device and a second device during an initial pairing operation; at the initial pairing operation the first and second devices are mechanically coupled together such that the mechanically coupled first device and second device experience correlated movements, the computer code reciting; computer code for recording the movements including associated timing information as motion data; and computer code for retaining the motion data as an initial motion signature in the first device and the second device; computer code for wirelessly linking the first and the second devices using at least some of the shared information; and computer code for after the wireless link has been severed, re-establishing the wireless link between only the first and the second devices using at least some of the shared information at a subsequent pairing operation.
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18. A method performed by a personal media device (PMD) to intelligently pair with only a target remote device, the method comprising:
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generating motion data at the PMD by; moving the PMD, while the PMD is mechanically associated with a target remote sport device, such that the PMD and the target remote sport device experience correlated movements, recording the movements of the PMD, including associated timing information, as PMD motion data, retaining the PMD motion data as a PMD motion signature in the PMD; listening for connection packets from a plurality of remote sport devices only one of which is the target remote sport device, wherein each of the connection packets includes motion data; analyzing the motion data to identify the target remote sport device, wherein analyzing the motion data includes comparing the PMD motion signature against a motion signature for a remote sport device; pairing only with the target remote sport device.
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19. A physical activity monitoring system, comprising:
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a portable media device, the portable media device arranged to wirelessly communicate with a first remote physical activity device over an initial wireless link in response to an initial pairing operation, wherein subsequent to the initial pairing and after the initial wireless link has been severed, the portable media device re-establishes a subsequent wireless link only with the first remote physical activity device by broadcasting a request for information, operating on information received in response to the broadcasted information request, the information being received from a plurality of remote physical activity devices only one of which is the initial remote physical activity device, and using the operated on information to broadcast a connection acceptance command that only the first remote physical activity device responds with a connection acknowledgment; wherein the portable media device is configured to perform an initial paring operation to obtain motion data by, moving the portable media device while the portable media device is mechanically associated with the initial remote physical activity device, such that the portable media device and the initial remote physical activity device experience correlated movements, recording the movements of the portable media device, including associated timing information, as portable media device motion data, retaining the portable media device motion data as a portable media device motion signature in the portable media device; wherein, while operating on the information received in response to the broadcasted information request, the portable media device is configured to identify the initial remote physical activity device by attempting to match the portable media device motion signature with a corresponding motion signature contained in the received information.
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