Patent ID: 8380246

Claim:
A system, comprising: an input medium to detect a wireless mobile device and a wireless mobile device position using vision-based sensing, the input medium comprising an interactive computer vision surface to provide the vision-based sensing via an infrared-sensitive camera and an infrared illuminant; and an analysis component operable to: determine a device type of the device; command the device to activate a light source of the device; determine whether a position of the light source detected by the vision based sensing coincides with the device position; and establish a wireless connection with the device based in part on whether the position of the light source coincides with the device position, wherein: the computer vision surface is operable to detect multiple devices when the multiple devices are placed on the computer vision surface via the infrared-sensitive camera; and the computer vision surface is operable to exchange data between at least one device of the multiple devices and a host system associated with the computer vision surface or to exchange data between the multiple devices via gestures comprising a hand or a stylus on the computer vision surface.