Peer-to-peer communication initiated by shared physical experience

摘要

Apparatus and methods for pairing communication devices are disclosed. An exemplary apparatus includes at least one sensor to produce a data signal responsive to sensing physical characteristics of an environment of the communication device, and a capture component to capture portions of the data signal to generate local data indicative of the physical characteristics. A peer interface component receives, via the wireless transceiver, remote data from at least one other communication device that is indicative of physical characteristics of an environment of the other communication device. A data correlation component compares the local data with the remote data and initiates, when the comparison indicates the communication device and the other communication device are sensing the same physical characteristics, a pairing of the communication device with the other communication devices.

主权项

1. A method for pairing communication devices, the method comprising:
placing at least two communication devices in an environment where the at least two communication devices have the same simultaneous physical non-radio signal impinging upon them;
wherein the signal comprises a shared sensory experience that is not predetermined by the devices, detecting the same simultaneous physical non-radio signal at a first of the at least two communication devices; generating local data at the first communication device indicative of the same simultaneous physical non-radio signal; receiving, via a receiver of the first communication device, remote data from a second of the communication devices indicative of the same simultaneous physical non-radio signal; correlating the local data to the remote data; and pairing the first and second communication devices when the correlating indicates the same simultaneous physical non-radio signal received at the first and second communication devices can be trusted to form a secure peer-to-peer session.