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Patent drawing for Electronic device and method by which electronic device transmits and receives authentication information
US 11,240,662 B2
Wireless US 11,240,662 B2 Not in force

Electronic device and method by which electronic device transmits and receives authentication information

This invention describes an electronic device, such as a smartphone, equipped with various wireless communication technologies like Bluetooth, NFC, and a camera. It simplifies the process of connecting to another Bluetooth device by using NFC or the camera to gather authentication details, specifically Out-Of-Band (OOB) data and an identifier. Once these details are acquired, the device uses Bluetooth to establish a connection and can also share some of this information with a different external device, potentially through a server linked to an account.

Why it matters: The widespread adoption of QR codes and similar visual data for device setup and authentication since 2018 makes the camera-based information acquisition method significantly more practical and user-friendly. Cloud-based device management via accounts has also become more robust and common.

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How hard to build
SpecializedMultiple wireless protocols, camera, software logic

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