ESTABLISHMENT AND DETECTION OF BREAKAGE OF WIRELESS LEASH BETWEEN DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20200184798A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-11

    申请号:US16789327

    申请日:2020-02-12

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor: Tyler D. Hawkins

    Abstract: Companion and accessory devices can be wirelessly leashed together in a manner that enables the devices to estimate their proximities to each other. One device can periodically attempt to detect a signal from the other device. For each attempt, the attempting device can store an indication of whether the signal was detected. Further, a companion device or accessory device can detect signals from different wireless-capable devices in an environment. The companion device or the accessory device can configure an interface displayed on the companion device or the accessory device, respectively, based on signal information about the different wireless-capable devices in the environment.

    ESTABLISHMENT AND DETECTION OF BREAKAGE OF WIRELESS LEASH BETWEEN DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20190096228A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-28

    申请号:US16142991

    申请日:2018-09-26

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor: Tyler D. Hawkins

    CPC classification number: G08B21/24 G08B21/0247 G08B21/0277 H04W4/029 H04W4/80

    Abstract: Companion and accessory devices can be wirelessly leashed together in a manner that enables the devices to estimate their proximities to each other. One device can periodically attempt to detect a signal from the other device. For each attempt, the attempting device can store an indication of whether the signal was detected. If a number of times that the signal was undetected exceeds a threshold, then the attempting device can perform specified operations, such as alerting a user that the wireless leash was broken. As another example, one device can detect that a strength of a signal from the other device exceeds a threshold. In response, the detecting device can measure signal strengths more frequently. If the measuring device then detects that the signal strength exceeds another threshold, then the measuring device can cause specified operations to be performed, such as data synchronization between the devices or unlocking a device.

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