Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enable power from an accessory to a host device based on whether the accessory is able to alter an electrical characteristic of the power path
- Patent Title (中): 根据配件是否能够改变电源路径的电气特性,启用附件到主机设备的电源
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Application No.: US13607478Application Date: 2012-09-07
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Publication No.: US09274578B2Publication Date: 2016-03-01
- Inventor: Scott Mullins , Alexei Kosut , Jeffrey J. Terlizzi
- Applicant: Scott Mullins , Alexei Kosut , Jeffrey J. Terlizzi
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: G06F1/00
- IPC: G06F1/00 ; G06F1/26 ; G06F1/32 ; H02J7/00

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatus for enabling a power path between a power source and a host device via an accessory. A host device may send, to an accessory arranged within the power path, via a first data pin arranged in the host device, a request for an accessory identifier. The accessory identifier identifies the accessory. The host device may then determine whether the accessory identifier is received from the accessory within a specified period of time or whether a received accessory identifier is valid. If the accessory identifier is not received from the accessory within the specified period of time, or a received accessory identifier is not valid, the host device sends a new request for the accessory identifier to the accessory via a second data pin different than the first data pin.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130305066A1 METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING AN ACCESSORY FOR USE WITH A HOST DEVICE Public/Granted day:2013-11-14
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