公开(公告)号：US10149278B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-04

申请号：US15279338

申请日：2016-09-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel R. Borges ,  Michael J. Giles ,  Craig P. Dooley ,  Prateek Sharma ,  Sanjay K. Verma ,  Deepankar Bhattacharjee

IPC: H04M1/725 ,  H04W68/02 ,  H04W76/25 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W8/22 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04L12/58 ,  H04L12/18 ,  H04W4/08 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: Techniques for coalescing alert notifications for applications and/or services to a primary user device of a set of multiple associated user devices within proximity of each other. When a user device is not in proximity to other associated user devices, the user device functions as a primary user device and provides alert notifications based on a default configuration and/or a user configurable setting. When the user device is within proximity of one or more other associated user devices, the user devices exchange relevant capability information and information for applications that are synchronized via network-based services. The user devices negotiate to determine a user device that serves as the primary user device to provide alert notifications for a set of applications and services common to a set of user devices. The other user devices are configured to reduce and/or suppress the alert notifications.

公开(公告)号：US09913079B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-06

申请号：US14871487

申请日：2015-09-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Akshay Mangalam Srivatsa ,  Craig P. Dooley ,  David John Shaw ,  Ganesha Adkasthala Ganapathi Batta ,  Michael Jason Giles ,  Sriram Hariharan

IPC: H04W76/02 ,  H04B7/185 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04W4/08 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W84/18

CPC classification number: H04W4/80 ,  H04L67/104 ,  H04M1/7253 ,  H04W4/08 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04W76/14 ,  H04W84/18

Abstract: A first wireless communication device (UE device) associated with a certain user (or included in a specified set/group of UE devices) may establish a first communication link with an accessory device according to a short-range radio access technology, and transmit link (pairing) information associated with the first communication link to a server, such as a cloud-based server. The server may share this (first) link information with other UE devices associated with the same user (or belonging to the same specified group of UE devices as the first UE device). Link information associated with the other UE devices (i.e. second link information) may equally be shared with the accessory device, and the other UE devices and accessory device may use the first link information and second link information in establishing respective communication links between any of the other UE devices and the accessory device without having to undergo a pairing procedure.

公开(公告)号：US09912799B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-06

申请号：US15273440

申请日：2016-09-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04B7/00 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W8/00 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F21/62 ,  G06F21/31

CPC classification number: H04M1/7253 ,  G06F1/163 ,  G06F21/31 ,  G06F21/35 ,  G06F21/445 ,  G06F21/6245 ,  G06F2221/2107 ,  H04L63/0428 ,  H04L63/08 ,  H04M1/67 ,  H04M2203/6018 ,  H04M2203/6054 ,  H04M2250/02 ,  H04W8/005 ,  H04W56/0025

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.

公开(公告)号：US09848026B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-19

申请号：US15001116

申请日：2016-01-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Siegfried Lehmann ,  Christiaan A. Hartman ,  Camille Chen ,  Sriram Hariharan ,  Jianxiong Shi ,  Syed Aon Mujtaba ,  Alessio Centazzo ,  Donald Eng ,  Michael J. Giles ,  Craig P. Dooley ,  Akshay Mangalam Srivatsa ,  Anjali S. Sandesara ,  Langford M. Wasada

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04W4/00 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F1/32 ,  H04W28/06

CPC classification number: H04L65/4076 ,  G06F1/3209 ,  G06F1/3278 ,  G06F3/0227 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W28/06 ,  Y02D10/157

Abstract: An interface circuit in a computing device may communicate with user-interface devices using shared slots during time intervals. In particular, the computing device may transmit outgoing messages to the user-interface devices at a first predefined time during sequential time intervals when the user-interface devices transition from a sleep mode to a normal mode. In response, the computing device may receive incoming messages from one or more of the user-interface devices at a second predefined time following the first predefined time during the sequential time intervals. Then, the computing device may transmit a multicast message to the user-interface devices at a third predefined time during the sequential time intervals. In response to the given multicast message, one of the user-interface devices may communicate data to the computing device. Note that, in some instances, a multicast time slot may instead be used to communicate data to one of the user-interface devices.

公开(公告)号：US20170201611A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-13

申请号：US15273414

申请日：2016-09-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： David C. Donley ,  Julien A. Poumallioux ,  Pierre J. De Fillippis ,  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

IPC: H04M1/725 ,  H04W56/00

CPC classification number: H04M1/7253 ,  H04M1/67 ,  H04M1/72583 ,  H04M2203/6018 ,  H04M2203/6054 ,  H04M2250/02 ,  H04W56/0025

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.