Method and system using vibration signatures for pairing master and slave computing devices

• US 9,531,481 B2
• Filed: 05/11/2016
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Herman, Zachary S., Walton, Kaleb D.
• Primary Examiner(s): WILSON, BRIAN P
• Application Number:
  US15/151,803
• Publication Number:
  US 20160254868A1
• Time in Patent Office: 230 Days
• Field of Search: 340/500, 340/501, 340/531, 340/540, 340/669, 340/1.1, 340/4.3, 340/5.1, 340/13.1, 340/13.2, 340/13.37, 340/999, 367/191, 367/197, 700/1, 700/2, 700/3, 700/4, 709208-211, 710/110, 726/2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/20 Binding and programming of remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/21 Programming remote control devices via third means
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/60 Security, fault tolerance
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/02 using infrasonic, sonic or ultrasonic waves
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 11/00 Transmission systems employing sonic, ultrasonic or infrasonic waves

Abstract

A system of using vibration signatures for pairing two portable computer devices. The system includes an apparatus that has a master side and a slave side. The slave side has a frictional structure. A first portable computer device is inserted into the master side. When a second portable computer device is inserted through the slave side, a pattern of vibration is generated. Vibration detecting devices on the first and second portable computer devices detect the pattern of vibration. A program of the first portable computer device validates a master vibration signature and configures the first portable computer device as a master device. A program of the second portable computer device validates a slave vibration signature and configures the second portable computer device as a slave device. The master device and the slave device are automatically paired.

Claims

1. A system of using vibration signatures for pairing two portable computer devices, comprising:

an apparatus comprising a master side and a slave side, the slave side having a frictional structure of rough texture to generate a pattern of vibration;

a first portable computer device, the first portable computer device being inserted into the master side;

a second portable computer device, the second portable computer device and the slave side generating the pattern of vibration while the second portable computer device is being inserted through the slave side;

the first portable computer device comprising a first vibration detecting device, the first vibration detecting device detecting the pattern of vibration;

the second portable computer device comprising a second vibration detecting device, the second vibration detecting device detecting the pattern of vibration;

the first portable computer device comprising a first program for validating a master vibration signature and configuring the first portable computer device as a master device; and

the second portable computer device comprising a second program for validating a slave vibration signature and configuring the second portable computer device as a slave device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first vibration detecting device or the second vibration detecting device is an accelerometer.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first vibration detecting device or the second vibration detecting device is a microphone.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first portable computer device detects a lower amplitude of the pattern of vibration and the second portable computer device detects a higher amplitude of the pattern of vibration.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the master vibration signature is a lower amplitude of the pattern of vibration and the slave vibration signature is a higher amplitude of the pattern of vibration.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the first portable computer device or the second portable computer device is a tablet.

7. A system of using vibration signatures for pairing two portable computer devices, comprising:

an apparatus comprising a master side and a slave side, the slave side having a frictional structure to generate a pattern of vibration, wherein the frictional structure is a structure of teeth;

a first portable computer device, the first portable computer device being inserted into the master side;

a second portable computer device, the second portable computer device and the slave side generating the pattern of vibration while the second portable computer device is being inserted through the slave side;

the first portable computer device comprising a first vibration detecting device, the first vibration detecting device detecting the pattern of vibration;

the second portable computer device comprising a second vibration detecting device, the second vibration detecting device detecting the pattern of vibration;

the first portable computer device comprising a first program for validating a master vibration signature and configuring the first portable computer device as a master device; and

the second portable computer device comprising a second program for validating a slave vibration signature and configuring the second portable computer device as a slave device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the first vibration detecting device or the second vibration detecting device is an accelerometer.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the first vibration detecting device or the second vibration detecting device is a microphone.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the first portable computer device detects a lower amplitude of the pattern of vibration and the second portable computer device detects a higher amplitude of the pattern of vibration.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the master vibration signature is a lower amplitude of the pattern of vibration and the slave vibration signature is a higher amplitude of the pattern of vibration.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the first portable computer device or the second portable computer device is a tablet.

13. A system of using vibration signatures for pairing two portable computer devices, comprising:

an apparatus comprising a master side and a slave side, the slave side having a frictional structure to generate a pattern of vibration, wherein the frictional structure is a structure of friction points;

a first portable computer device, the first portable computer device being inserted into the master side;

a second portable computer device, the second portable computer device and the slave side generating the pattern of vibration while the second portable computer device is being inserted through the slave side;

the first portable computer device comprising a first vibration detecting device, the first vibration detecting device detecting the pattern of vibration;

the second portable computer device comprising a second vibration detecting device, the second vibration detecting device detecting the pattern of vibration;

the first portable computer device comprising a first program for validating a master vibration signature and configuring the first portable computer device as a master device; and

the second portable computer device comprising a second program for validating a slave vibration signature and configuring the second portable computer device as a slave device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the first vibration detecting device or the second vibration detecting device is an accelerometer.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the first vibration detecting device or the second vibration detecting device is a microphone.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the first portable computer device detects a lower amplitude of the pattern of vibration and the second portable computer device detects a higher amplitude of the pattern of vibration.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the master vibration signature is a lower amplitude of the pattern of vibration and the slave vibration signature is a higher amplitude of the pattern of vibration.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the first portable computer device or the second portable computer device is a tablet.