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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9450682-B2
Application number	US-201314047335-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 7, 2013
Priority date	Oct 7, 2013
Publication date	Sep 20, 2016
Grant date	Sep 20, 2016

Abstract

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

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of using vibration signatures for pairing two devices, comprising the steps of:
providing an apparatus having a master side and a slave side, the slave side having at least one frictional structure to generate a pattern of vibration;
inserting a first device into the master side;
generating the pattern of vibration while inserting a second device through the slave side;
detecting, by a vibration detecting device of the first device and by a vibration detecting device of the second device, the pattern of vibration;
validating a master vibration signature by a first program on the first device and a slave vibration signature by a second program on the second device;
configuring the first device as a master device by the first program and the second device as a slave device by the second program; and
wherein the master device and the slave device are automatically paired.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one frictional structure is rough texture.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one frictional structure is a structure of teeth.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one frictional structure is a structure of friction points.

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

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

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first device detects a lower amplitude of the pattern of vibration and the second device detects a higher amplitude of the pattern of vibration.

8. The method 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.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first device or the second device is a tablet.

10. A system of using vibration signatures for pairing two devices, comprising:
an apparatus comprising a master side and a slave side, the slave side having at least one frictional structure to generate a pattern of vibration;
a first device, the first device being inserted into the master side;
a second device, the second device and the slave side generating the pattern of vibration while the second device is being inserted through the slave side;
the first device comprising a first vibration detecting device, the first vibration detecting device detecting the pattern of vibration;
the second device comprising a second vibration detecting device, the second vibration detecting device detecting the pattern of vibration;
the first device comprising a first program for validating a master vibration signature and configuring the first device as a master device; and
the second device comprising a second program for validating a slave vibration signature and configuring the second device as a slave device.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one frictional structure is rough texture.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one frictional structure is a structure of teeth.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one frictional structure is a structure of friction points.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the first vibration detecting device or the second vibration detecting device is an accelerometer.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the first vibration detecting device or the second vibration detecting device is a microphone.

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

17. The system of claim 10 , 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 10 , wherein the first device or the second device is a tablet.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Herman Zachary S
• Walton Kaleb D

Classifications

• G08C23/02

  using infrasonic, sonic or ultrasonic waves · CPC title

• G08C2201/60

  Security, fault tolerance · CPC title

• G08C2201/21

  Programming remote control devices via third means · CPC title

• G08C17/02

  using a radio link · CPC title

• G08C2201/20

  Binding and programming of remote control devices · CPC title