Reduced size configuration interface

• US 9,547,419 B2
• Filed: 08/28/2015
• Issued: 01/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Broughton, Lee S., Yang, Lawrence Y., Wilson, Christopher, Wan, Wan Si, Butcher, Gary Ian, Chaudhri, Imran, Dye, Alan C., Ive, Jonathan P., Lemay, Stephen O.
• Primary Examiner(s): WEST, LEWIS G
• Application Number:
  US14/839,913
• Publication Number:
  US 20160062572A1
• Time in Patent Office: 508 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/002 Specific input/output arrangements not covered by G06F3/01 - G06F3/16 other optical apparatus G02B27/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724094 Interfacing with a device worn on the user's body to provide access to telephonic functionalities, e.g. accepting a call, reading or composing a message
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724095 Worn on the wrist, hand or arm
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/06 including a wireless LAN interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• 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 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

An electronic device with a camera invokes a wireless communications pairing mode for pairing the electronic device with an external device. The electronic device obtains an image via the camera. The image contains a pattern displayed on a display screen of the external device, and the pattern comprises identifying information of the external device. The electronic device receives data from the external device, determines whether the received data corresponds with the identifying information, and, in response to a determination that the received data corresponds with the identifying information, registers the external device as a paired device. In some examples, the electronic device is a smartphone and the external device is a wearable electronic device. Pairing the electronic device and the external device may allow the devices to exchange information and operate interactively with one another.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a camera, cause the device to:

invoke a wireless communications pairing mode for pairing the electronic device with an external device;

obtain an image via the camera, the image containing a pattern displayed on a display screen of the external device, the pattern comprising identifying information of the external device;

receive data from the external device;

determine whether the received data corresponds with the identifying information; and

in response to a determination that the received data corresponds with the identifying information, register the external device as a paired device.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the received data includes data indicative of the pattern displayed on the external device.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein determining whether the received data corresponds with the identifying information comprises:

comparing the data indicative of the pattern against the pattern in the image.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the image contains a visual representation of the external device.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs further comprises instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, cause the device to:

after registering the external device as a paired device, send user information from the electronic device to the external device.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein the user information comprises WiFi settings.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein the user information comprises contact information of user contacts.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein the user information comprises identification of an installed application.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein the user information comprises service settings.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs further comprises instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors of the electronic device, cause the device to:

after registering the external device as a paired device, provide, at the electronic device, an aural or haptic indication that the electronic device and the external device are paired.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the wireless communications pairing mode includes an activation of a pairing application program configured to be invoked by a user selection of a user interface object displayed on a display of the electronic device, wherein the user interface object is associated with the pairing application.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the user interface object associated with the pairing application is available for user selection only when the external device is within communication range of the electronic device.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the external device is a wearable electronic device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the external device includes a rotatable input mechanism.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a smartphone.

16. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a camera,

invoking a wireless communications pairing mode for pairing the electronic device with an external device;

obtaining an image via the camera, the image containing a pattern displayed on a display screen of the external device, the pattern comprising identifying information of the external device;

receiving data from the external device;

determining whether the received data corresponds with the identifying information; and

in response to a determination that the received data corresponds with the identifying information, registering the external device as a paired device.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the received data includes data indicative of the pattern displayed on the external device.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein determining whether the received data corresponds with the identifying information comprises:

comparing the data indicative of the pattern against the pattern in the image.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the image contains a visual representation of the external device.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

after registering the external device as a paired device, sending user information from the electronic device to the external device.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the user information comprises WiFi settings.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the user information comprises contact information of user contacts.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the user information comprises identification of an installed application.

24. The method of claim 20, wherein the user information comprises service settings.

25. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

after registering the external device as a paired device, providing, at the electronic device, an aural or haptic indication that the electronic device and the external device are paired.

26. The method of claim 16, wherein the wireless communications pairing mode includes an activation of a pairing application program configured to be invoked by a user selection of a user interface object displayed on a display of the electronic device, wherein the user interface object is associated with the pairing application.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the user interface object associated with the pairing application is available for user selection only when the external device is within communication range of the electronic device.

28. The method of claim 16, wherein the external device is a wearable electronic device.

29. The method of claim 16, wherein the external device includes a rotatable input mechanism.

30. The method of claim 16, wherein the electronic device is a smartphone.

31. An electronic device, comprising:

a camera;

one or more processors;

a memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

invoking a wireless communications pairing mode for pairing the electronic device with an external device;

obtaining an image via the camera, the image containing a pattern displayed on a display screen of the external device, the pattern comprising identifying information of the external device;

receiving data from the external device;

determining whether the received data corresponds with the identifying information; and

in response to a determination that the received data corresponds with the identifying information, registering the external device as a paired device.

32. The electronic device of claim 31, wherein the received data includes data indicative of the pattern displayed on the external device.

33. The electronic device of claim 32, wherein determining whether the received data corresponds with the identifying information comprises:

comparing the data indicative of the pattern against the pattern in the image.

34. The electronic device of claim 31, wherein the image contains a visual representation of the external device.

35. The electronic device of claim 31, wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

after registering the external device as a paired device, sending user information from the electronic device to the external device.

36. The electronic device of claim 35, wherein the user information comprises WiFi settings.

37. The electronic device of claim 35, wherein the user information comprises contact information of user contacts.

38. The electronic device of claim 35, wherein the user information comprises identification of an installed application.

39. The electronic device of claim 35, wherein the user information comprises service settings.

40. The electronic device of claim 31, wherein the one or more programs further includes instructions for:

after registering the external device as a paired device, providing, at the electronic device, an aural or haptic indication that the electronic device and the external device are paired.

41. The electronic device of claim 31, wherein the wireless communications pairing mode includes an activation of a pairing application program configured to be invoked by a user selection of a user interface object displayed on a display of the electronic device, wherein the user interface object is associated with the pairing application.

42. The electronic device of claim 31, wherein the user interface object associated with the pairing application is available for user selection only when the external device is within communication range of the electronic device.

43. The electronic device of claim 31, wherein the external device is a wearable electronic device.

44. The electronic device of claim 31, wherein the external device includes a rotatable input mechanism.

45. The electronic device of claim 31, wherein the electronic device is a smartphone.