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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018

Filed:

May. 27, 2014
Applicant:

Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);

Inventor:

Matthew Bennion, Dana Point, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0066 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04B 11/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some embodiments a pairing system is configured to obtain first fingerprint data from a media playback device operating on a first network and second fingerprint data from a mobile device operation on the second network. The pairing system can, based on the fingerprint data, determine whether to pair the media playback device on the first network to the mobile device on the second network. The first and second fingerprint data may be generated during an interaction between the media playback device and the mobile device. In one embodiment, the pairing system creates a data conduit for connecting the media playback device on the first network to the mobile device on the second network.


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