Wireless Fingerprint Pairing for Automatic Device Connection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Device pairing procedures between computing devices can be counterintuitive and complex due to variability and inconsistency across devices, leading to user frustration and reduced performance.
Innovation Solution
The use of a wireless fingerprint generated from surrounding wireless signal information, such as signal strength and frequency, to automatically establish connections with target devices by matching detected wireless fingerprints.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual device pairing procedures are used, then device connection can be established, but user complexity and operation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automatic device pairing without requiring manual user intervention. The computing device automatically detects nearby devices, compares their wireless fingerprints against stored profiles, and establishes connections autonomously based on matching results, eliminating the need for users to manually pair devices.
Solution Approach 2:
Wireless fingerprints for target devices are pre-stored in the computing device before actual connection is needed. This preliminary capture and storage of device characteristics enables rapid automatic identification and pairing when the computing device enters the target device's vicinity, avoiding manual pairing procedures.
2Reliability
If manual pairing is required for each target device, then device connections can be established, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
Wireless fingerprints for multiple target devices are captured and stored in advance in the computing device. When the user needs to connect to a target device, the system immediately compares detected wireless signals against the pre-stored fingerprints and automatically establishes connections, eliminating the time-consuming manual pairing process for each device.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates and stores digital copies (wireless fingerprints) of target devices' wireless characteristics beforehand. These fingerprint copies contain unique signal profiles that enable rapid automatic identification and connection establishment without requiring repeated manual pairing procedures.
3Reliability
If device-specific pairing procedures are used, then connections can be established, but system complexity increases due to variability across devices
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a universal automatic pairing mechanism that works across multiple different target devices regardless of their specific types or manufacturers. By using wireless fingerprint comparison as a common identification method, the system provides a single unified pairing approach that handles diverse devices without requiring device-specific procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates standardized digital representations (wireless fingerprints) of various target devices that capture their unique wireless characteristics. This copying approach allows the computing device to universally identify and connect to different target devices by comparing their signal profiles against stored fingerprints, simplifying the pairing process across device varieties.
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to device pairing techniques based on an association between a wireless fingerprint and a target computing device. In examples, wireless signal information associated with nearby computing devices is detected and used to identify a matching wireless fingerprint. For example, the wireless fingerprint may comprise entries for a plurality of devices, each of which may include a signal strength range for a device. Thus, when the signal strengths of the nearby devices are determined to match the wireless fingerprint, a connection may be automatically established with a target device associated with the wireless fingerprint. As such, rather than manually pairing a computing device with the target device, it may be determined that the computing device is in an environment associated with the target device by virtue of identifying a matching wireless fingerprint, such that a connection is automatically established with the target device.