Granted Patent B2

US 12,457,499 · App. 18/010,164 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Inventors: Alejandro Kauffmann (San Francisco, CA); Dev Bhargava (San Francisco, CA)

Assignee: GOOGLE LLC

H04W12/55A63J21/00H04W12/63H04W12/69

Abstract

Claims (51)

1. A computer-implemented method for device pairing, comprising, by a central computing device:

receiving a visitor pairing communication from a first interactive object wirelessly connected to the central computing device, the visitor pairing communication comprising a visitor interactive object identifier associated with a visitor interactive object;

generating a temporary visitor profile for the visitor interactive object based at least in part on the visitor interactive object identifier;

receiving, interaction data indicative of an interactive object action, the interactive object action comprising a physical movement of the first interactive object or the visitor interactive object;

identifying, based at least in part on the interaction data, the first interactive object or the visitor interactive object; and

initiating, based at least in part on an identification of the first interactive object or the visitor interactive object, a response to the interactive object action.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first interactive object is wirelessly connected to the central computing device.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first interactive object is previously paired with the central computing device, the first interactive object being authorized for input to the central computing device based on a user profile of the central computing device.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the pairing communication is configured to trigger the central computing device to establish a temporary wireless connection with the visitor interactive object.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors comprise an infrared receiver, and wherein the data indicative of the visitor interactive object identifier comprises an infrared signal.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein receiving the data indicative of the visitor interactive object identifier comprises:

detecting, by the first interactive object, user input with the first interactive object;

in response to detecting the user input, initiating, by the first interactive object, a listening mode associated with the infrared receiver of the first interactive object; and

receiving, by the first interactive object from the infrared sensor, the data indicative of the visitor interactive object identifier during the listening mode.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein the user input comprises at least one of:

a physical contact with the first interactive object;

a movement of the first interactive object; or

an audio input to the first interactive object.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the central computing device comprises a mobile phone.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first interactive object and the visitor interactive object comprise a wand-like form factor.

10. A central computing device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the central computing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving a visitor pairing communication from a first interactive object wirelessly connected to the central computing device, the visitor pairing communication comprising a visitor interactive object identifier associated with a visitor interactive object;

generating, based at least in part on the visitor interactive object identifier, a temporary visitor profile for the visitor interactive object;

establishing, based at least in part on the visitor pairing communication, a temporary wireless connection with the visitor interactive object;

receiving interaction data indicative of an interactive object action, the interactive object action comprising a physical movement of the first interactive object or the second interactive object;

identifying, based at least in part on the interaction data, the first interactive object or the second interactive object; and

initiating, based, at least in part, on an identification of the first interactive object or the second interactive object, a response to the interactive object action.

11. The central computing device of claim 10 , wherein the first interactive object is associated with a home profile comprising one or more home privileges associated with the first interactive object, and wherein the temporary visitor profile comprises one or more visitor privileges associated with the visitor interactive object.

12. The central computing device of claim 11 , wherein the one or more home privileges are different from the one or more visitor privileges.

13. The central computing device of claim 12 , wherein the one or more visitor privileges are based, at least in part, on a user account associated with a user of the visitor interactive object.

14. The central computing device of claim 13 , wherein the one or more visitor privileges are associated with at least one of an age of the user, a status of the user, or a history of the user.

15. The central computing device of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:

terminating, based at least in part on a location associated with the visitor interactive object, the temporary wireless connection with the visitor interactive object; and

in response to terminating the temporary wireless connection, discarding the temporary visitor profile.

16. The central computing device of claim 10 , wherein the response to the interactive object action comprises:

identifying one or more functions associated with the physical movement of the interactive object; and

invoking at least one of the one or more functions.

17. The central computing device of claim 10 , wherein the identification is of the first interactive object, and wherein initiating the response to the interactive object action comprises:

determining, based at least in part on the one or more home privileges, a home response to the interactive object action; and

initiating the home response to the interactive object action.

18. The central computing device of claim 17 , wherein a subsequent identification is of the visitor interactive object, the method further comprising:

determining, based at least in part on the one or more visitor privileges, a visitor response to a subsequent interactive object action, wherein the visitor response is different from the home response; and

initiating the visitor response to the subsequent interactive object action.

19. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions that when executed by one or more computing devices cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising, by a central computing device:

receiving a visitor pairing communication from a first interactive object wirelessly connected to the central computing device, the visitor pairing communication comprising a visitor interactive object identifier associated with a visitor interactive object;

generating a temporary visitor profile for the visitor interactive object based at least in part on the visitor interactive object identifier;

receiving, interaction data indicative of an interactive object action, the interactive object action comprising a physical movement of the first interactive object or the visitor interactive object;

identifying, based at least in part on the interaction data, the first interactive object or the visitor interactive object; and

initiating, based at least in part on an identification of the first interactive object or the visitor interactive object, a response to the interactive object action.

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