Device pairing using device generated sound

• US 8,699,944 B2
• Filed: 06/10/2005
• Issued: 04/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Malamud, Mark A., Cohen, Alexander J., Jung, Edward K. Y., Rinaldo, Jr., John D., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shah, Paras D
• Application Number:
  US11/150,858
• Publication Number:
  US 20060282649A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,231 Days
• Field of Search: 704/275, 704/270, 704/270.1, 704/273, 455418-420, 455/11, 455/411, 455/569.1
• US Class Current: 455/39
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0869 for achieving mutual authentication cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for mutual authentication H04L9/3273
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/65 Environment-dependent, e.g. using captured environmental data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/68 Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent

Abstract

A system comprising includes a first device, a second device, and logic to enable the first and second devices to pair as a result of at least one sound.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

circuitry configured to detect proximity with at least one device;

circuitry configured to receive at least one non-voice sound generated by the at least one device;

circuitry configured to identify the at least one device based at least partly on at least one of sound type and variation of volume, pitch, and/or tone associated with at least one portion of the at least one non-voice sound;

circuitry configured to determine authorization to pair based at least partly on duration of at least one portion of the at least one non-voice sound; and

circuitry configured to effect pairing with the at least one device at least partly in response to the authorization to pair and to detected proximity with the at least one device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to detect proximity with at least one device comprises:

circuitry configured to detect proximity with at least one of the following types of devices;

scanner, camera, cellular telephone, wearable article, headphone, telephone, telephone base station, personal digital assistant, laptop computer, palmtop computer, server, radio, and/or sound system.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to detect proximity with at least one device comprises:

circuitry configured to detect proximity with at least one mobile telephone.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to receive user input.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to receive authentication input.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to effect pairing with the at least one device at least partly in response to the authorization to pair and to detected proximity with the at least one device comprises:

circuitry configured to communicate with the at least one device at least partly in response to the authorization to pair and to detected proximity with the at least one device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to effect pairing with the at least one device at least partly in response to the authorization to pair and to detected proximity with the at least one device comprises:

circuitry configured to effect pairing with the at least one device to place a call, transfer a file, send a message, accomplish a commercial transaction, and/or perform a backup, at least partly in response to the authorization to pair and to detected proximity with the at least one device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to receive at least one non-voice sound generated by the at least one device comprises:

circuitry configured to receive at least one computer-generated synthesis from the at least one device.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to effect pairing with the at least one device at least partly in response to the authorization to pair and to detected proximity with the at least one device comprises:

circuitry configured to effect pairing with the at least one device based at least partly on time of day and at least partly in response to the authorization to pair and to detected proximity with the at least one device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to effect pairing with the at least one device at least partly in response to the authorization to pair and to detected proximity with the at least one device comprises:

circuitry configured to effect pairing with the at least one device based at least partly on location and at least partly in response to the authorization to pair and to detected proximity with the at least one device.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is incorporated into a wearable article.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to detect motion of the at least one device.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to detect relative motion of the at least one device.

14. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to unpair the at least one device based at least partly on one or more sounds.

15. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to unpair the at least one device at least partly in response to completion of at least one task, absence of proximity, and/or lapse of time.

16. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to communicate feedback information.

17. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to identify at least one purpose and/or function based at least partly on at least one portion of the at least one non-voice sound.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to receive at least one non-voice sound generated by the at least one device comprises:

circuitry configured to receive at least one ring sound generated by the at least one device.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to effect pairing with the at least one device at least partly in response to the authorization to pair and to detected proximity with the at least one device comprises:

circuitry configured to effect pairing with the at least one device at least partly in response to the authorization to pair and to detected proximity with the at least one device, at least partly using information received from at least one other device.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to effect pairing with the at least one device at least partly in response to the authorization to pair and to detected proximity with the at least one device comprises:

circuitry configured to effect pairing with the at least one device at least partly in response to the authorization to pair and to detected proximity with the at least one device, at least partly using previously retained information.

21. A method at least partly implemented using one or more processing components, the method comprising:

detecting proximity with at least one device;

receiving at least one non-voice sound generated by the at least one device;

processing the at least one non-voice sound including at least (i) identifying the at least one device based at least partly on at least one of sound type and variation of volume, pitch, and/or tone associated with at least one portion of the at least one non-voice sound, and (ii) determining authorization to pair based at least partly on duration of the at least one portion of the at least one non-voice sound; and

effecting pairing with the at least one device at least partly in response to determining authorization to pair and to detecting proximity with the at least one device.

22. One or more non-transitory computer readable media comprising:

one or more instructions for detecting proximity with at least one device;

one or more instructions for receiving at least one non-voice sound generated by the at least one device;

one or more instructions for processing the at least one non-voice sound including at least (i) identifying the at least one device based at least partly on at least one of sound type and variation of volume, pitch, and/or tone associated with at least one portion of the at least one non-voice sound, and (ii) determining authorization to pair based at least partly on duration of the at least one portion of the at least one non-voice sound; and

one or more instructions for effecting pairing with the at least one device at least partly in response to determining authorization to pair and to detecting proximity with the at least one device.