US 11,706,827 B2
Physical contact detection for device pairing
William R. Blum, Huntington Station, NY (US)
Assigned to Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/117,591.
Application 17/117,591 is a continuation of application No. 15/978,991, filed on May 14, 2018, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2021/0092784 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 76/14 (2018.01); G01P 15/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/14 (2018.02) [G01P 15/001 (2013.01); H04L 63/0492 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
a mechanism configured to detect physical contact between the device and a wireless device, wherein the physical contact includes a tap of the device with the wireless device that is also detected by a mechanism of the wireless device, and wherein the mechanism of the wireless device is an accelerometer or shock detector;
a memory; and
a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to:
perform a pairing of the wireless device and the device only upon the mechanism of the device and the mechanism of the wireless device simultaneously detecting the physical contact between the device and the wireless device; and
receive, after the pairing of the wireless device and the device has been performed, instructions from the wireless device for controlling operation of a furnace or air conditioner of a home in which the device is installed; and
wherein the mechanism of the device is configured to detect movement of the device after the pairing of the wireless device and the device has been performed.