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Proximity-based configuration of a device

  • US 9,788,152 B1
  • Filed: 12/12/2016
  • Issued: 10/10/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wearable device, comprising:

  • at least one communication component, configured to receive from a mobile computing device a transmission; and

    at least one processor, programmed to cause the at least one communication component to send to the mobile computing device, in response to receiving the transmission;

    (1) information usable by the mobile computing device to determine, in the absence of any user input to an application or other component(s) executing on the mobile computing device, whether the wearable device is in sufficiently close proximity to the mobile computing device for the mobile computing device to configure the wearable device, and(2) information identifying at least one feature, characteristic and/or operation of the wearable device that is configurable by the mobile computing device; and

    wherein the at least one communication component is further configured to receive information from the mobile computing device that is usable by the at least one processor to cause the wearable to manifest a change in state, the change in state altering the visual appearance of the wearable device.

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