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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
May. 19, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeffrey S. Norris, Saratoga, CA (US);
Bruno M. Sommer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alexandre Da Veiga, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes identifying remote devices, at a host device, based on received signals that indicate locations and device types for the remote devices. The method also includes identifying visible devices in images of a location and matching a first visible device to a first remote device. The first visible device is matched with the first remote device based on presence of the first visible device within a search area of the images, the search area of the images is determined based on the location for the first remote device, the first visible device is matched with the first remote device based on the device type for the first remote device, and the first visible device is matched with the first remote device based on a machine recognizable indicator that is output by the first visible device. The method also includes pairing the first remote device with the host device.