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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Samuel B. Hawker, Winchester, GB;
Andrew Michael Lees, Ferndown, GB;
Aaron James Collins, Southampton, GB;
Aaron Tomor Robert Gashi, Eastleigh, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product for identifying and linking communicating devices using live camera data includes: identifying a visible device that is visible to a linking device; identifying a connected device that is connected to the linking device; determining visible movement of the visible device; requesting video information from the connected device; calculating, using the video information, video movement of the connected device; determining that the visible movement matches the video movement; concluding, based on the determining, that the visible device is the connected device; and linking, based on the concluding, the visible device and the connected device.