ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,647, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SNAP INC. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Device pairing with optical codes" was invented by Peter Brook (Marina del Rey, Calif.), Nicolas Dahlquist (Venice, Calif.) and Matthew Hanover (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments for device pairing using optical codes are described. One embodiment is a wearable device with an image sensor configured to capture an image including a first optical code from a first host device. The wearable device decodes the first optical code, and in response to the first optical code, initiates broadcast of a pairing advertisement. The host device displays...