US 11,792,080 B1
Reverse wireless discovery for adding an IoT device to an IoT ecosystem
Carl Sassenrath, Reno, NV (US); and Greg Garner, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/348,117.
Int. Cl. H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 41/12 (2013.01) [H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 48/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method to facilitate adding a new Internet of Things (IoT) device to an IoT ecosystem, wherein the IoT ecosystem includes an existing IoT device, and wherein a mobile device is configured to control the IoT ecosystem, the method comprising:
detecting by the new IoT device a wireless broadcast from the existing IoT device, the wireless broadcast providing identification information of the mobile device;
responsive to the detecting of the wireless broadcast from the existing IoT device, using by the new IoT device the provided identification information of the mobile device as a basis to scan for and discover wireless presence of the mobile device; and
responsive to the discovering of the wireless presence of the mobile device based on use of the identification information of the mobile device provided by the wireless broadcast from the existing IoT device, transmitting by the new IoT device to the mobile device, via the existing IoT device as a wireless proxy, new-device information about the new IoT device, wherein transmitting the new-device information via the existing IoT device to the mobile device enables the mobile device to prompt for and obtain user approval to add the new IoT device to the IoT ecosystem.