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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:
Apr. 24, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 17, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

John W. Duffell, London, GB;

Alexander R. Melkonian, Hursley, GB;

Joe Pavitt, Hursley, GB;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/023 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example method provides a unique input instruction to a single personal device in communication range of a host device, the unique input instruction being configured to overlay an input interface of the host device. The method receives, from a user of the single personal device, user input at the input interface of the host device. The method determines, based on the user input, whether to activate a pairing between the host device and the single personal device.


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