Patent ID: 8832783

Claim:
An apparatus for a first device, comprising: first logic, located within or implemented by a processor, to receive identification information of a second device; a signal path to be coupled to an input device; a hardware platform having a storage area to store the identification information to be received from the first logic; and second logic to provide the identification information to the second device to establish an initial pairing between the first device and the second device, wherein the first logic is to receive the identification information of the second device based on a manual input operation to be performed for the first device, the manual input operation to include receiving the identification information based on manual input of the identification information on the input device, and wherein the second logic is to provide the identification information, to the second device, across a first link that is to bypass the processor operating system of the first device and to automatically pair the first device and the second device after the initial pairing based on the identification information in the storage area, and the processor of the first device to receive content from the second device across a second link that is to pass to the processor operating system after the automatic pairing of the first device and the second device, and the second logic is to provide the identification information of the second device to the first device along a signal path that is to bypass a processor of the first device.