Techniques for Determining Identity Information Used for Wireless Communications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016100439-A1
Application number	US-201414505877-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 3, 2014
Priority date	Oct 3, 2014
Publication date	Apr 7, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Techniques are presented herein for optimizing identification and pairing of devices for wireless communications. A first device is configured to interact with a detection region of a second device. The first device detects the detection region associated with the second device and obtains information from the detecting. The first device analyzes the information to determine identity information of the second device. The identity information comprises information configured to be utilized during pairing of the first device and the second device for wireless communications between the first device and the second device.

First claim

1 . A method comprising:
at a first device configured to interact with a detection region of a shoe detecting the detection region associated, with the shoe; obtaining information from the detecting; and analyzing the information to determine identity information of a second device embedded within the shoe, wherein the identity information comprises information configured to be utilized during pairing of the first device with the second device for wireless communications between the first device and the second device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing comprises determining the identity information of the second device before any wireless communication pairing operation is performed between the first device and the second device such that the first device determines the identity information of the second device before the pairing operation is initialized.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting comprises detecting an image associated with the second device and wherein analyzing comprises analyzing the image to determine the identity information of the second device.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing the identity information; and retrieving the identity information of the second device for use during wireless communication pairing operations between the first device and the second device.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein retrieving comprises retrieving the identity information of the second device for use during a Bluetooth pairing between the first device and the second device.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting comprises detecting at least one of a single dimension bar code or a multi-dimension bar code.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting comprises detecting a near field communication tag region and wherein analyzing comprises analyzing information received from the near field communication tag region to determine the identity information of the second device.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting comprises detecting a radio-frequency identification region and wherein analyzing comprises analyzing information received from the radio-frequency identification region to determine the identity information of the second device.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting comprises detecting a color region of the second device and wherein analyzing comprises analyzing information received from the color region to determine the identity information of the second device.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing comprises determining identity information that contains information at least one of a unique identifier of the second device and a serial number of the second device, or both.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing comprises determining product information of an object with which the second device is affixed, attached, housed, embedded or in communication.

12 . One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions and when the software is executed operable to:
detect at a first device a detection region of a shoe; obtain information from detecting the detection region; and analyze the information to determine identity information of a second device embedded within the shoe, wherein the identity information comprises information configured to be utilized during pairing of the first device with the second device for wireless communications between the first device and the second device.

13 . The computer readable storage media of claim 12 , wherein the instructions that are operable to analyze comprise instructions that are operable to determine the identity information of the second device before any wireless communication pairing operation is performed between the first device and the second device such that the first device determines the identity information of the second device before the pairing operation is initialized.

14 . The computer readable storage media of claim 12 , wherein the instructions that are operable to detect comprise instructions that are operable to detect an image associated with the second device and wherein the instructions that are operable to analyze comprise analyzing the image to determine the identity information of the second device.

15 . The computer readable storage media of claim 12 , wherein the instructions that are operable to detect comprise instructions that are operable to detect a near field communication tag region and wherein the instructions that are operable to analyze comprise instructions that are operable to analyze information received from the near field communication tag region to determine the identity information of the second device.

16 . The computer readable storage media of claim 12 , wherein the instructions that are operable to detect comprise instructions that are operable to detect a radio-frequency identification region and wherein the instructions that are operable to analyze comprise instructions that are operable to analyze information received from the radio-frequency identification region to determine the identity information of the second device.

17 . An apparatus comprising:
a region detection unit; and a processor coupled to the region detection unit, and further configured to:
detect the detection region of a shoe;
obtain information from detecting the detection region; and
analyze the information to determine identity information of a second device embedded within the shoe, wherein the identity information comprises information configured to be utilized during pairing of the first device with the second device for wireless communications between the first device and the second device.

18 . The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the identity information of the second device before any wireless communication pairing operation is performed between the first device and the second device such that the first device determines the identity information of the second device before the pairing operation is initialized.

19 . The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the processor is further configure to detect an image associated with the second device and to analyze the image to determine the identity information of the second device.

20 . The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the processor is further configured to detect a radio-frequency identification region and to analyze information received from the radio-frequency identification region to determine the identity information of the second device.

Assignees

• Under Armour Inc

Inventors

• Oleson Mark A
• Kovach F Grant
• Fantano Lauryn

Classifications

• H04W76/023

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L63/083 Primary

  using passwords (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226) · CPC title

• H04W12/06

  Authentication · CPC title

• H04W76/021 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04B5/0062

  Electricity · mapped topic