MULTI-DEVICE PAIRING AND PROVISIONING

摘要

Systems, apparatus, and methods to pair a set of accessory devices with a source device through use of a unique device set identifier. Embodiments include a source device adapted to obtain a device set identifier from a device that is part of a set of devices, from a tag, dongle, or code associated with the set of devices, or from a package or carton containing one or more devices of the set of devices, and then automatically pair the source device with each device. Embodiments include a registration process facilitated by the unique device set identifier. The device set identifier including information corresponding to the devices in the set of devices to facilitate registration of the devices, as well as pairing the devices in the set of devices to a source device. Pairing of activation of the set of devices may be conditioned on successful completion of a registration process.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
an input device; a communication module; and a processor coupled to the communication module and the input device, the processor arranged to:
receive an input from the input device, the input corresponding to a plurality of devices having a capability to communicate with the communication module; and wherein the communication module is arranged to establish a connection with each one of the plurality of devices based at least in part on the input, and pair each one of the plurality of devices with the apparatus; wherein the processor is arranged to determine a functionality of each one of the plurality of devices via the connection and transmit data to each one of the plurality of devices based at least in part on the functionality of each one of the plurality of devices.