US 12,446,083 B2
Sonic initiation of device interactivity
Eliyahu Barel, Rosh-HaAyin (IL)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/184,822.
Prior Publication US 2024/0314863 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. G01S 5/22 (2006.01); H04B 11/00 (2006.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/14 (2018.02) [G01S 5/22 (2013.01); H04B 11/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of interacting with a target computing device at a host computing device, the method comprising:
receiving one or more sonic waveforms from the target computing device at a microphone subsystem of the host computing device;
processing the one or more sonic waveforms to determine a position of the target computing device relative to the host computing device and to determine an identity of the target computing device;
in response to said identity determination, (1) initializing a wireless data link for communication between the host computing device and the target computing device, and (2) entering a mode of host-target interactivity in which the host computing device and the target computing device interact via the wireless data link; and
controlling the mode of host-target interactivity at least partly based on the determined position of the target computing device relative to the host computing device.