Patent ID: 9621645
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: sending an initial signal from a first device to a second device, wherein the initial signal prompts the second device to send a first notification comprising a set of communication capabilities of the second device to a server; sending a second notification from the first device to the server, wherein the second notification comprises a set of communication capabilities of the first device; receiving, from the server, an indication of a common communication capability between the first and second devices; generating, by the first device, a pairing token; sending the pairing token from the first device to the server; sending the pairing token from the first device to the second device using the common communication capability; and initiating pairing of the first device and the second device using the common communication capability, based on a verification that the pairing token sent to the server matches the pairing token sent to the second device.