US 12,080,174 B2
Drone pairing
Simon Saito Haagen Nielsen, Beverly Hills, CA (US); and Zachary Collins Conatser, Santa Monica, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on May 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/748,262.
Application 17/748,262 is a continuation of application No. 16/285,389, filed on Feb. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,373,538.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/639,033, filed on Mar. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0277655 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08G 5/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)
CPC G08G 5/0021 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G08G 5/0008 (2013.01); G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a user device;
at least two drones, each of the at least two drones having a processor and a memory and communicatively coupled with the user device; and
programming in the memory of each of the at least two drones, wherein execution of the programming by the processor of a respective one of the at least two drones configures the respective drone to perform functions, including functions to:
enter a drone pairing mode;
receive a machine-readable code from the user device;
trigger pairing with the other of the at least two drones upon receipt of the machine-readable code; and
assign numbers to each of the at least two drones to determine an order of precedence between the drone and the at least one other drone.