Patent ID: 8041951

Claim:
A method to facilitate a communication connection between a first communication device and a second communication device, comprising: collecting, in an electronic device separate from the first communication device and the second communication device, a first identifier associated with a first communication device and second identifier associated with a second communication device, wherein at least one of the first communication device or the second communication device is a thin device which lacks a display or an input/output mechanism; establishing a communication connection between the electronic device and the first communication device; and initiating, in the electronic device, a connection request for a communication connection between the first communication device and the second communication device, wherein collecting, in an electronic device, a first identifier associated with a first communication device and second identifier associated with a second communication device comprises: obtaining a first symbol from the first communication device and a second symbol from the second communication device; decoding the first symbol to obtain the first identifier; and decoding the second symbol to obtain the second identifier; and wherein obtaining a first symbol from the first communication device and a second symbol from the second communication device comprises: collecting, with the electronic device, an image of a first optical tag associated with the first communication device; collecting, with the electronic device, an image of a second optical tag associated with the second communication device; decoding the first optical tag to obtain the first identifier; and decoding the second optical tag to obtain the second identifier.