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公开(公告)号:US20250168566A1
公开(公告)日:2025-05-22
申请号:US19031369
申请日:2025-01-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Sorin V. Dusan , Raghunandan K. Pai , Scott Lopatin , Tommy Rochette , Navin Bindiganavile Suparna , Emmanuel Lalande , Siva Ganesh Movva , Robert Watson , Scott Grinker
IPC: H04R5/033 , G08B1/08 , G08B3/10 , G08B25/08 , G08B25/10 , H04M1/60 , H04R1/10 , H04R3/00 , H04W4/02 , H04W64/00
Abstract: Systems, methods, devices and non-transitory, computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed for location-tracking wireless devices. In an embodiment, a method performed by an electronic device comprises: playing, or initiating the playing of, a sound through a loudspeaker of an accessory device via a communication link. The sound is played at a specified frequency that utilizes a frequency response of the loudspeaker (or loudspeaker plus speaker enclosure). The sound is received through two or more microphones of the electronic device and filtered by one or more filters. The one or more filters are configured to pass the sound at or around the specified frequency and to reduce masking of the sound by ambient noise. The filtered sound is associated with direction data generated from sensor data provided by one or more inertial sensors of the electronic device. In another embodiment, the specified frequency is higher than the maximum human hearing range.
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公开(公告)号:US20250024243A1
公开(公告)日:2025-01-16
申请号:US18897204
申请日:2024-09-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Marco Soldano , Shawn G. Fink , Anita G. Desai , Antonio R. De Lima Fernandes , Siva Ganesh Movva , Ariane Cotte
Abstract: Systems, methods, devices and non-transitory, computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed for identifying, by a processor of a wireless device that is coupled with a charging case, an enable command received from the charging case; and transmitting, by the processor based on the enable command, an advertisement signal that includes information related to an identification of the wireless device.
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公开(公告)号:US20240015496A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-11
申请号:US18371874
申请日:2023-09-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Marco Soldano , Shawn G. Fink , Anita G. Desai , Antonio R. De Lima Fernandes , Siva Ganesh Movva , Ariane Cotte
Abstract: Systems, methods, devices and non-transitory, computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed for identifying, by a processor of a wireless device that is coupled with a charging case, an enable command received from the charging case; and transmitting, by the processor based on the enable command, an advertisement signal that includes information related to an identification of the wireless device.
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公开(公告)号:US20230075275A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-09
申请号:US18055325
申请日:2022-11-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Siva Ganesh Movva , Raghunandan K. Pai , Yannick L. Sierra
IPC: H04W12/50 , H04W12/069 , H04W76/18
Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a service to enable a user to track a variety of even when those devices are not connected to the internet by either Wi-Fi or cellular. One embodiment provides techniques to enable a pairing registration for a wireless accessory device that enables a server-mediated pairing process to be performed between the wireless accessory device and a companion device.
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公开(公告)号:US11553350B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-10
申请号:US17219595
申请日:2021-03-31
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Siva Ganesh Movva , Raghunandan K. Pai , Yannick L. Sierra
IPC: H04W12/50 , H04W12/069 , H04W76/18
Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a service to enable a user to track a variety of even when those devices are not connected to the internet by either Wi-Fi or cellular. One embodiment provides techniques to enable a pairing registration for a wireless accessory device that enables a server-mediated pairing process to be performed between the wireless accessory device and a companion device.
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公开(公告)号:US20220394428A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-08
申请号:US17508334
申请日:2021-10-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Siva Ganesh Movva , Tunc Ertan , Ariane Cotte , Kerry Nguyen , Anita Desai , Steven Douglas Laver , Brent Ledvina , Kenneth U. Victa , Ping-Ko Chiu , Michal Adam Kaluzny
Abstract: Embodiments that relate to pairing and finding a group of accessory devices are described. In an embodiment, a pairing status is received from a first accessory device, a request is sent to the first accessory device for information on a number of accessory devices in a device group and a number of accessory devices that are proximate to the first accessory device in the device group, information on a second accessory device in the device group is received, a continue pairing message is sent to the second accessory device if the second accessory device is proximate, and a device group profile is created with information on the number of parts and received information on the second accessory device
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公开(公告)号:US20220201429A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-23
申请号:US17603892
申请日:2020-04-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Jonathan R. Schoenberg , Adam M. Driscoll , E. Thomas Erdmann, IV , Emmanuel Lalande , Michael C. Laster , Scott Lopatin , Robert W. Mayor , Siva Ganesh Movva , Munish K. Poonia , Tommy Rochette , Christina Selle , Langford M. Wasada , Swadesh Bhattacharya , Raghunandan K. Pai , Brent M. Ledvina
Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device comprising a wireless processor coupled with a wireless radio, memory to store instructions, and one or more processors to execute the instructions. The one or more processors, based on the instructions, are to scan for a beacon advertisement using the wireless processor, store the beacon and a timestamp in a beacon advertisement buffer in response to detection of the beacon via the wireless processor, correlate a beacon advertisement with stored location data to determine a location estimate for a device associated with the beacon advertisement, encrypt the location estimate for the beacon advertisement using a beacon identifier broadcast with the beacon identifier, and transmit a hash of the beacon identifier and an encrypted location estimate for the beacon advertisement to a device locator server. Embodiments also provide techniques to enable known device matching and horizontal accuracy adjustment during location data harvesting for wireless accessory devices.
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公开(公告)号:US20210400492A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-23
申请号:US17219595
申请日:2021-03-31
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Siva Ganesh Movva , Raghunandan K. Pai , Yannick L. Sierra
IPC: H04W12/50 , H04W76/18 , H04W12/069
Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a service to enable a user to track a variety of even when those devices are not connected to the internet by either Wi-Fi or cellular. One embodiment provides techniques to enable a pairing registration for a wireless accessory device that enables a server-mediated pairing process to be performed between the wireless accessory device and a companion device.
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公开(公告)号:US20250088825A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-13
申请号:US18797162
申请日:2024-08-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Siva Ganesh Movva , Katherine K. Ernst , Kerry Nguyen , Michael C. Laster , Alexander R. Hanuska
Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components, including apparatus, systems, and methods for enabling privacy-preserving techniques for discovering the precise location of a device by another device using short range positioning schemes.
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公开(公告)号:US20240371252A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-07
申请号:US18773257
申请日:2024-07-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Benjamin A. Detwiler , Siva Ganesh Movva , Katherine K. Ernst , Richard Akira Heru , Johan O. Bergerengen , Langford M. Wasada , Ernst Thomas Erdmann, IV
Abstract: Methods to provide separation notifications are described. In an embodiment, movement is detected beyond a threshold distance from a trusted location, in response to the detecting, receiving an indication that at least one accessory device is nearby the electronic device and storing information on a status of a wireless connection with the at least one accessory device, receiving an indication that the electronic device is in transit, monitoring the wireless connection for the at least one accessory device, and upon detection of a lost wireless connection for the at least one accessory device, send a separation notification
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