Patent ID: 8904172

Claim:
A method for registering a first device with a second device over a wireless network, comprising: receiving a registration request from the first device including a first personal identification number (PIN); sending one or more user input choices to the first device, said user input choices each specifying a user input action available through a user interface associated with the second device, associating a number with each of the user input choices; sending the numbers to the first device; sending a device description describing the second device to the first device in a manner that allows it to be presented to a user by the first device; sequentially receiving at least one of the user input actions through the user interface in response to instructions provided to the user by the first device; generating a second PIN based at least in part on the numbers, wherein the user input actions received by the second device correctly reflect the instructions provided to the user by the first device if the second PIN matches the first PIN; and registering the first device with the second device if the user input actions received by the second device correctly reflect the instructions provided to the user by the first device, wherein the wireless network comprises a wireless home digital interface (WHDI) network.