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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2012
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew W. Lovitt, Redmond, WA (US);
Jason R. Farmer, Snohomish, WA (US);
Ted E. Dinklocker, Sammamish, WA (US);
Craig S. Brenner, Sammamish, WA (US);
Darko Kirovski, Chicago, IL (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system in which a discovering wireless device formulates a first discovery zone. In response to discovering a discoverable wireless device within the zone, the discovering wireless device establish a wireless communication channel with the discoverable wireless device using a powered wireless protocol, and communicates security data with the discoverable wireless device using the wireless communication channel. The discovering wireless device also formulates a second discovery zone that is larger than the first discovery zone, and uses the security data to pair with a target device within the second discovery zone. Thus, pairing is significantly simplified from a user perspective.