Patent ID: 9647755
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of pairing a first electronic device and a second electronic device, the method comprising: detecting the first electronic device at a secure pairing position with respect to the second electronic device; activating a light emitting device of the second electronic device and transmitting a pattern of light defining a bit stream of data corresponding to a secret code known by the first electronic device and the second electronic device, including emitting light at the light emitting device in one of a temporal pattern or in varying degrees of intensity to define the bit stream of data corresponding to the secret code; receiving the bit stream of data at a light receiving device of the of the first electronic device, the light receiving device being directly aligned with the light emitting device; and pairing the first electronic device and the second electronic device upon confirmation by the first electronic device that the bit stream of data transmitted by the light emitting device of the second electronic device corresponds to the secret code known by the first electronic device.