Patent ID: 11962347
Assignee: ORANGE
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A communication device comprising:
a docking station comprising a plurality of photoreceptors and a plurality of light sources interjacent with the photoreceptors, the plurality of photoreceptors and the plurality of light sources being suitable for visible light communication, and
a central processing unit, connected to the docking station, configured to perform the following acts in response to a portion of the plurality of photoreceptors of the docking station receiving a light signal from at least one light source of a visible light communication interface of a terminal not paired with the docking station:
obtaining an initialization signal comprising an identification of said portion of the plurality of photoreceptors,
selecting, among the plurality of light sources of the docking station, a portion of the plurality of light sources in immediate proximity to said portion of the plurality of photoreceptors, on the basis of said identification,
ordering an emission of a pairing signal by said portion of the plurality of light sources,
obtaining a response signal, indicative of a signal emitted by said visible light communication interface of said terminal in response to the emission of the pairing signal and received by said portion of the plurality of photoreceptors of the docking station, and
ordering a pairing of said terminal with said portion of the plurality of photoreceptors of the docking station and with said portion of the plurality of light sources of the docking station, on the basis of the response signal.