Proximity unlock and lock operations for electronic devices

    公开(公告)号:US11741210B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-29

    申请号:US17350632

    申请日:2021-06-17

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06F21/34 G06F21/35

    Abstract: The described embodiments perform a proximity unlock operation. For the proximity unlock operation, a first electronic device in a locked operating state detects that an authorized second electronic device is in proximity to the first electronic device. Based on detecting the authorized second electronic device in proximity to the first electronic device, the first electronic device transitions from a locked operating state to an unlocked operating state. In the described embodiments, the transition to the unlocked operating state occurs without the user performing a manual authentication step that is performed in existing electronic devices to cause the transition from the locked operating state to the unlocked operating state.

    Predictive Media Routing
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220103903A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17547887

    申请日:2021-12-10

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: In some implementations, a user device can predictively route media content to a remote playback device based on playback context information obtained by the user device. The playback context can include local playback context information related to the state and/or context of the user device. The playback context can include remote playback context information related to the state and/or context of available remote playback devices. Based on the playback context information obtained by the user device, the user device can generate a predictive score for each available playback device that indicates or predicts the likelihood that the user will want to send media content to the corresponding playback device. The user device can generate and present a graphical user interface that can identify the playback devices having predictive scores over a threshold score. In some instances, the user device can automatically route selected media content to a predicted playback device.

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