Patent ID: 7925022

Claim:
A device comprising: at least one contact sensor; logic to enable the device to wirelessly exchange with at least one other device and prior to physical contact with the at least one other device information needed for pairing; logic to determine one or more indications of contact of the at least one other device with the at least one contact sensor; logic to determine one or more pairing parameters in response to one or more relative contact motions including at least one of rotation, angle, and/or movement associated with contact of the at least one other device with the at least one contact sensor; logic to, in response to at least one of the one or more indications of contact, prompt for at least one of voice input, biometric input, and/or key input; and logic to, in response to receiving the at least one of voice input, biometric input, and/or key input, apply the wirelessly exchanged information and the one or more pairing parameters to effect pairing with the at least one other device.