Patent ID: 9369829
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G08C,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving at a first server a first request for a pairing code, wherein the first request for a pairing code is associated with a first transaction identifier and at least one of a first output device identifier, a first property identifier, a first room identifier, and a first user device identifier; generating the first pairing code using the first server, wherein the first server is interconnected to a plurality of output devices, and wherein the first server generates a first pairing code in response to the first request for a pairing code; providing the first pairing code from the first server to a first output device included in the plurality of output devices, wherein the first server and the first output device are connected by a first communication channel; communicating using the first output device the first pairing code to a first user device; after communicating the first pairing code to the first user device, communicating the first pairing code from the first user device to the first server, and receiving the first pairing code at the first server, wherein the first server and the first user device are connected by a second communication channel, wherein the first communication channel does not include the first user device, and wherein the second communication channel does not include the first output device; in response to receiving by the first server the first pairing code communicated from the first user device, associating the first user device with at least one of the first output device and a second output device, and disassociating the first user device and the first output device in response to receiving at the first server a second request for a pairing code, wherein the second request for a pairing code is associated with a second transaction identifier and at least one of the first output device identifier, the first property identifier, and the first room identifier.