Lyft, Inc.

Xiaofan Hu

Sachin Agarwal

Luke George Greenwood

Sergey Shlykovich

Megha Chhabra

Ryan Tancredi

Shuchang Zheng

Xinran Wang

This disclosure relates to methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and client devices that automatically initiate a wireless network connection (e.g., a pairing) with an auxiliary computing device based on recurring detection of a wireless broadcast signal from the auxiliary computing device. Upon detecting a wireless broadcast signal for an auxiliary computing device satisfying a signal-strength threshold at multiple times or locations, for example, the disclosed client devices can automatically initiate a wireless network connection (e.g., a pairing) with the auxiliary computing device. By automatically initiating a wireless connection with such an auxiliary computing device, the disclosed client devices obviate inefficient user interactions conventional computing devices use to establish a pairing, facilitate pairings with auxiliary computing devices for unsavvy technology users, and avoid unsecure wireless connections that may compromise data on the disclosed provider client devices.

Automatically connecting wireless computing devices based on recurring wireless signal detections

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Xiaofan Hu