Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Switching between watches or other accessories
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Application No.: US15273440Application Date: 2016-09-22
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Publication No.: US09912799B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: David C. Donley , Julien A. Poumailloux , Pierre J. De Filippis , Tyler D. Hawkins , Craig P. Dooley , Daniel B. Pollack , James C. Grandy , Gregory B. Novick , Todd A. Shortlidge , Aroon Pahwa , David T Wilson , Yan Yang , Nicholas Joseph Circosta
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Alpine Technology Law Group LLC
- Main IPC: H04B7/00
- IPC: H04B7/00 ; H04M1/725 ; H04W56/00 ; H04W8/00 ; G06F1/16 ; G06F21/62 ; G06F21/31

Abstract:
Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for allowing a user to switch between watches that have been paired with a device such as a smartphone are described. In one embodiment, the watches automatically detect a removal of a first watch from a user's wrist and an attachment of a second watch to the user's wrist. Messages from the watches are transmitted to the device to allow the device to switch the active watch from the first watch to the second watch. The switch can occur while the device is in a locked state, and the device can synchronize the second watch with data received from the first watch. Other embodiments are also described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170201612A1 Switching between watches or other accessories Public/Granted day:2017-07-13
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