CONNECTING WIRELESS DEVICES USING VISUAL IMAGE CAPTURE AND PROCESSING

摘要

A method facilitates establishment of wireless pairing connections between wireless electronic devices by: initiating, at a first device, a connection utility that enables the first device to establish a wireless connection with at least one second device; capturing an image of a selected second device, representing a second device to which a wireless connection is desired; and scanning for identifying information about each discoverable second device that is within a connection range of the first device. The method further includes: forwarding the captured image and any detected identifying information to a wireless connectivity assist (WCA) service; receiving wireless connection setup and configuration (WCSC) instructions from the WCA service; and establishing the wireless connection with the selected second device utilizing wireless connection setup and configuration (WCSC) instructions received from the WCA service.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
initiating, at a first electronic device, a connection utility configured to allow the first electronic device to establish a wireless connection with a second electronic device; capturing an image associated with the second electronic device to which a wireless connection is desired; forwarding the captured image to a wireless connectivity assist (WCA) service; receiving wireless connection setup and configuration (WCSC) instructions based at least in part on the captured image from the WCA service; and establishing the wireless connection with the second electronic device utilizing the WCSC instructions received from the WCA service.