Patent ID: 8594632
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a wireless device for establishing a device-to-device wireless connection, comprising: sending, from the wireless device via an unencrypted wireless medium, a device-to-device discovery request; receiving, at the wireless device via the unencrypted wireless medium in response to the device-to-device discovery request, image authentication data from a second wireless device, the image authentication data being unique to a human user of the second wireless device, and the image authentication data including image data of a first digital picture representing the human user; verifying the image authentication data at the wireless device by comparing the image authentication data to pre-stored authentication data on the wireless device, the pre-stored authentication data including image data of a second digital picture representing the human user of the second wireless device; and in response to successful verification of the image authentication data, establishing a device-to-device connection of the wireless device with the second wireless device.