Patent ID: 7796945
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of associating electronic wireless devices in a personal area network comprising: providing at least a first and a second wireless electronic device adapted to communicate over the network, wherein the at least first and second devices are in range; applying a stimulus to the first and second devices, wherein the devices receiving the stimulus note the time the stimulus was applied; searching the network for in-range devices by at least the first device; identifying at least the second device in the search conducted by the first device; calculating, by the first device, the elapsed time since the stimulus was applied to the first device; transmitting the elapsed time from the first device to the second device; receiving the elapsed time at the second device; comparing, by the second device, the elapsed time of the second device to the received elapsed time of the first device; and associating the first device with the second device if the elapsed time of the second device matches the received elapsed time of the first device within a defined time limit.