Method of establishing communications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9900767-B2
Application number	US-201715599088-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 18, 2017
Priority date	Sep 2, 2014
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

A method of establishing communications with a first device is disclosed. The method includes: the first device presenting connection information to a second device; receiving a response from a second device; establishing an association with the second device; transmitting, in response to a determination that the first device and the second device are connected for data, first data to the second device, the first data comprising addressing information for a server; receiving second data from the second device, the second data comprising second information for establishing communications with the first device; and configuring the first device to receive third data from a location remote to the first device using the second information from the second data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of establishing communications with a first device, the method comprising, at the first device:
presenting connection information to a second device; receiving a response from the second device;
establishing an association with the second device;
transmitting, in response to a determination that the first device and the second device are connected for data, first data to the second device, the first data comprising addressing information for a server;
receiving second data from the second device, the second data comprising information for establishing communications with the first device; and
in response to receiving the second data from the second device configuring the first device to receive third data from a location remote to the first device using the information from the second data.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein establishing an association with the second device comprises:
pairing with the second device; and
establishing a communication channel with the second device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first data comprises an information package.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second data comprises an information payload.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the information payload comprises authentication information.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second device comprises the server.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location remote to the first device corresponds to the location of a cloud server.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location remote to the first device corresponds to the location of the second device.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first device and the second device are connected to a network, and the remote location corresponds to the location of a third device connected to the network.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second device comprises a network gateway.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second device is one of a tablet PC, a smartphone, a cellular phone, a digital media player, an electronic reader, an electronic wearable device, a smart TV, a video game console, a desktop computer, and a laptop computer.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving data from a location remote to the first device comprises synchronizing data between the first device and the location remote to the first device.

13. A method of establishing communications with a first device, the method comprising, at a second device:
receiving connection information from the first device;
sending a response to the first device;
establishing an association with the first device;
receiving, in response to a determination that the first device and the second device are connected for data, first data from the first device, the first data comprising addressing information for a server;
connecting to the server using the first data;
sending second data to the first device, the second data comprising information for establishing communications with the first device; and
in response to the first device establishing communications with a location remote to the first device using the information from the second data, sending third data to the first device.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein establishing an association with the first device comprises:
pairing with the first device; and
establishing a communication channel with the first device.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the second device comprises the server.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the second device comprises a network gateway.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the location remote to the first device corresponds to the location of the second device.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor of a first device, perform a method comprising, at the first device:
presenting connection information to a second device;
receiving a response from the second device;
establishing an association with the second device;
transmitting, in response to a determination that the first device and the second device are connected for data, first data to the second device, the first data comprising addressing information for a server;
receiving second data from the second device, the second data comprising information for establishing communications with the first device; and
in response to receiving the second data from the second device configuring the first device to receive third data from a location remote to the first device using the information from the second data.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein establishing an association with the second device comprises:
pairing with the second device; and
establishing a communication channel with the second device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the second data comprises an information payload comprising authentication information.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the second device comprises the server.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the location remote to the first device corresponds to the location of a cloud server.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the location remote to the first device corresponds to the location of the second device.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the first device and the second device are connected to a network, and the remote location corresponds to the location of a third device connected to the network.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the second device is one of a tablet PC, a smartphone, a cellular phone, a digital media player, an electronic reader, an electronic wearable device, a smart TV, a video game console, a desktop computer, and a laptop computer.

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Hawkins Tyler
• Wilson Christopher
• Sauerwald Conrad
• Novick Gregory
• Crane Neil G
• Van Der Merwe Rudolph
• Noble Samuel
• Chinn Paul William

Classifications

• H04W8/18 Primary

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• G06K7/1447

  extracting optical codes from image or text carrying said optical code · CPC title

• H04W4/008

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W8/265 Primary

  for initial activation of new user · CPC title

• H04W12/04

  Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA] · CPC title