Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Connecting a printer and a mobile device using identification information printed by the printer
- Patent Title (中): 使用打印机打印的识别信息连接打印机和移动设备
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Application No.: US14927101Application Date: 2015-10-29
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Publication No.: US09591175B2Publication Date: 2017-03-07
- Inventor: John Daniel Beatty
- Applicant: Clover Network, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Clover Network, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Clover Network, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: The Mueller Law Office, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04N1/327
- IPC: H04N1/327 ; H04N1/44 ; H04W4/00 ; G06F3/12 ; G06Q20/20 ; H04N1/00

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method for pairing a point of sale printer with a client device, using two-way identification, is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, using the point of sale printer and a wireless communication protocol, a request to pair the point of sale printer. The method also comprises deriving, using the point of sale printer, the client device, and a device pairing protocol, a shared secret at the client device and the point of sale printer. The method also comprises printing, using the point of sale printer and upon deriving the shared secret, client device association information on a printout. The method also comprises receiving, using the client device and the printout, the client device association information. The method also comprises associating the point of sale printer and the client device using the client device association information as received using the client device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160127600A1 POINT OF SALE PLATFORM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Public/Granted day:2016-05-05
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