Patent ID: 11871237
Assignee: BLOCK, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 22:
23. A method implemented by a point-of-sale (POS) wireless device, the method comprising:
determining, by a wireless transceiver of the POS wireless device, a first value of signal strength of a wireless signal of a wireless device, wherein the first value is associated with a first location of the wireless device proximate to the POS wireless device;
causing, by a processor of the of the POS wireless device, one or more visual cues to be output via a graphical user interface of the POS wireless device, the one or more visual cues including instructions for a user to physically move the wireless device in at least one direction to arrive at a second location, the second location being proximate to one or more of (i) the POS wireless device or (ii) a third location of a second wireless device;
determining, by the wireless transceiver of the POS wireless device, a second value of signal strength of the wireless signal of the wireless device, wherein the second value is associated with the second location of the wireless device;
determining, by the processor of the POS wireless device, a variation in signal strength between the first value and the second value;
identifying, by the processor of the POS wireless device, the wireless device for pairing with the POS wireless device based on determining that the variation in signal strength from the first value of signal strength to the second value of signal strength indicates the second wireless device has moved in the at least one direction indicated by the instructions in the one or more visual cues; and
establishing, by the processor of the POS wireless device, a wireless communication channel between the wireless device and the POS wireless device.