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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Skype, Dublin, IE;
Inventor:
Matthew Kaufman, Bonny Doon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Skype, Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04L 63/18 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of associating a first device with a second device is disclosed. The first device through a connected speaker broadcasts a request for association using an audio signal. The broadcasted audio signal is received by the second device through its microphone. The first and second devices then cooperatively verifies a security code and upon a successful verification of the security code, the first and the second devices are enabled to communicate with each other.