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Device auto pairing without touch and tap

  • US 9,100,943 B2
  • Filed: 09/23/2013
  • Issued: 08/04/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device-to-device (D2D) pairing assembly comprising:

  • a first device detecting and communicating (DDC) component;

    a second DDC component communicatively coupled to the first DDC component;

    a microprocessor communicatively coupled to the first DDC component and to the second DDC component and which is configured with a device pairing parameter exchange (DPPE) utility that executes on the microprocessor and configures the D2D pairing assembly to;

    detect a communicative coupling of a first user device to the first DDC component;

    in response to detecting the communicative coupling of the first user device, receive from the first user device at least one first pairing parameter provided by a pairing application executing on the first user device, which at least one first pairing parameter enables another device to connect to and participate in a pairing session with the first user device;

    detect a communicative coupling of a second user device to the second DDC component;

    communicate the at least one first pairing parameter to the second user device, via the second DDC component, to trigger the second user device to connect to and participate in the pairing session with the first user device via a direct device-to-device communication medium;

    detect a communicative coupling of a third user device to the second DDC component while the first user device is paired to the second user device and still communicatively coupled to the first DDC component; and

    in response to detecting the third user device communicatively coupled to the second DDC component while the first user device is paired to the second user device and still communicatively coupled to the first DDC component, communicate at least one different pairing parameter received from the first user device to the third user device to enable the third user device to complete device-to-device pairing with the first user device using at least one different pairing parameter than being utilized to complete the device-to-device pairing of the first user device and second user device.

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