Microsoft patents better pairing technology
Pairing our devices with our other gadgets have always been a bit of a hassle. Microsoft aims to simplify the process by only requiring that you enter your credentials once, by pairing with a master device, and then have all your other gadgets be automatically authorised.
In the example above, pairing manually with your desktop with automatically also authorize you with your laptop and other desktop also. Extending this, one can see for example the same principle applying to connecting your phone with your Xbox and photo frame also.
In more technical terms, Microsoft claims:
A technique that enables a portable device to be automatically associated with a plurality of computers. Information that a computer can use to authenticate a portable device and establish a trusted relationship prior to creating an association with the portable device is created and stored in a data store that is accessible by a plurality of computers and is associated with a user of the portable device. When a computer discovers such a portable device with which it is not yet associated, the computer can identify a user logged into the computer and use information identifying the user to retrieve authentication information that is device independent and is expected to be presented by the portable device to authenticate it and allow automatic association.
Read the full patent here.
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And they also mention that the HD7 will have a resolution of 1280x800
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so will we be seeing this at launch of winPhone 7?
admin Reply:
February 20th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Hopefully. Microsoft has an ecosystem to make this relevant, and hopefully we will see it implemented in some way.
GP007 Reply:
February 20th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
It's more than just something for WP7s. This is something that will probably first be shown on the PC and then work it's way to the phone after. Being able to have a group of already synced (paired) devices that then all get automatically paired with the new device you add is great. That new device could be a new phone or just a new PC/laptop.
admin Reply:
February 20th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Hopefully. Microsoft has an ecosystem to make this relevant, and hopefully we will see it implemented in some way.
GP007 Reply:
February 20th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
It's more than just something for WP7s. This is something that will probably first be shown on the PC and then work it's way to the phone after. Being able to have a group of already synced (paired) devices that then all get automatically paired with the new device you add is great. That new device could be a new phone or just a new PC/laptop.
You know IR sync was so much simpler and it worked better. It had directional security, and there's no reason you couldn't add encryption on top of it. It was fast and didn't require all this time-wasting hand-shaking.
The days when people just beamed each other's contact info, or memos, or even simple numbers are gone replaced by bullet-proof BT sync that nobody uses at all. Great replacement.
thanks a lot for your information