US 12,423,668 B2
System and method for pairing devices to establish device groups
Andrew Ferrier, Montreal (CA); Daanish Maan, Brampton (CA); Michael Joseph DeFazio, Fonthill (CA); James Lepp, Ottawa (CA); Hettige Ray Perera Jayatunga, Toronto (CA); and Neil Leonard Padgett, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to Shopify Inc., Ottawa (CA)
Filed by Shopify Inc., Ottawa (CA)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/812,801.
Prior Publication US 2024/0020670 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/20 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 20/202 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/208 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, at a server associated with a plurality of client devices and a plurality of accessory devices, a first request to establish a device group comprising a first client device of the plurality of client devices and a first accessory device of the plurality of accessory devices, the first client device having identified the first accessory device and initiated the first request identifying the first client device and the first accessory device to the server;
establishing the device group comprising the first client device and the first accessory device by logically pairing the first client device with the first accessory device;
confirming the logical pairing by communicating with at least one of the first client device and the first accessory device using an identifier determined from the first request; and
redirecting data between the first client device and the first accessory device;
wherein, the device group, once established, allows the first client device to utilize the first accessory device.