Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pairing devices by proxy
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Application No.: US16287999Application Date: 2019-02-27
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Publication No.: US10993274B2Publication Date: 2021-04-27
- Inventor: Deepak Iyer , Thomas Alsina , Edward T. Schmidt , Elena Leyfman , David P. Saracino , Astrid Yi , Adam A. Sonnanstine , Jonathan A. Bennett , Gregory R. Chapman , Aparna S. Akella , Shreyas Nandagudi Sreesha
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Invoke
- Main IPC: H04W76/14
- IPC: H04W76/14 ; H04W76/11 ; H04W4/80 ; H04W12/50

Abstract:
In some implementations a system can be configured to reduce the burden of pairing user devices with playback devices. For example, all users (or user devices) who commonly operate within a particular environment (e.g., a home) can be configured as authorized users of playback devices within the particular environment. When one of the authorized users pairs a user device with a playback device, all of the user devices for all authorized users can be automatically paired with the playback device as a result of the single pairing. Thus, only a single authorized user is burdened with the pairing process in order to pair all authorized users with the playback device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190306904A1 Pairing Devices by Proxy Public/Granted day:2019-10-03
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