Coupling devices using multiple discovery zones

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9107028-B2
Application number	US-201213715777-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2012
Priority date	Dec 14, 2012
Publication date	Aug 11, 2015
Grant date	Aug 11, 2015

Abstract

A system in which a discovering wireless device formulates a first discovery zone. In response to discovering a discoverable wireless device within the zone, the discovering wireless device establish a wireless communication channel with the discoverable wireless device using a powered wireless protocol, and communicates security data with the discoverable wireless device using the wireless communication channel. The discovering wireless device also formulates a second discovery zone that is larger than the first discovery zone, and uses the security data to pair with a target device within the second discovery zone. Thus, pairing is significantly simplified from a user perspective.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a discovering wireless device;
configured to:
formulate a first discovery zone so as to discover a first target wireless device within the first discovery zone;
detect the first target wireless device within the first discovery zone;
in response to detecting the first target wireless device, establish a wireless communication channel with the first target wireless device using a powered wireless protocol;
communicate security d…

Assignees

• Microsoft Corp
• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Lovitt Andrew W
• Farmer Jason R
• Dinklocker Ted E
• Brenner Craig S
• Kirovski Darko

Classifications

• H04W12/04

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W4/008 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W8/005

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W12/06

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L63/061 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic