公开(公告)号：US10785313B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-22

申请号：US15713360

申请日：2017-09-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yan Yang ,  Joe S. Abuan ,  Thuy Park ,  Jin Hyung Park ,  Berkat S. Tung ,  Pierre J. De Filippis ,  Nicholas J. Circosta ,  Daniel B. Pollack

IPC: H04L29/08 ,  H04W48/02 ,  H04W40/12 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: A quick relay communication protocol is used by an initiating communication device (such as a wearable electronic device, e.g., a smart watch) and/or a recipient communication device (such as a companion electronic device to the wearable electronic device, e.g., a smart phone, a tablet computer or a laptop computer) to selectively communicate messages via different communication channels. Based on available connections and a communication constraint associated with a message, a processor executing a program module in an application layer in the initiating communication device provides transmission instructions to an interface circuit in the initiating communication device, which transmits a message to the recipient communication device based on the transmission instructions. When there are currently no available connections and the message is eligible to be communicated through a cloud-based relay server, the processor establishes a cloud-based connection with the recipient communication device via the relay server.

公开(公告)号：US10708408B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-07

申请号：US16505345

申请日：2019-07-08

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: H04M1/725 ,  H04M1/67 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F21/35 ,  G06F21/44 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F21/62 ,  G06F21/31 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W8/00

Abstract: Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for allowing a user to switch between wearable items that have been paired or associated with an electronic device, such as a smartphone, are described. In one embodiment, the wearable items automatically detect a removal of a first wearable item from a user's body and an attachment of a second wearable item to the user's body. Messages from the wearable items are transmitted to the electronic device to allow the electronic device to switch the active wearable item from the first wearable item to the second wearable item. The switch can occur while the electronic device is in a locked state, and the electronic device can synchronize the second wearable item with data received from the first wearable item. Other embodiments are also described.

公开(公告)号：US10588170B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-10

申请号：US15702978

申请日：2017-09-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel B. Pollack ,  Venkateswara Rao Manepalli ,  Yu Xing

IPC: H04W76/25 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/26

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) device and associated methods for entering a suspended baseband state in response to a signal strength indicator falling below a threshold. A UE engages in an active connection with a remote server, which may be a transmission control protocol (TCP) push connection. A baseband layer of the UE determines that the signal strength indicator has fallen below a threshold, and transmits a notification to an application layer of the UE to suspend the connection. The baseband layer may later determine that the signal strength has risen above a second threshold, whereby the UE may resume the suspended connection. The UE may maintain state information associated with the connection during the suspended state, such that the UE may resume the suspended connection without reestablishing a new connection with the remote server.

公开(公告)号：US10542109B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-21

申请号：US15594391

申请日：2017-05-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel B. Pollack ,  Gokul P. Thirumalai

IPC: H04L29/08

Abstract: A system and method are described for establishing two-way push communication between an intermediate or companion device and a mobile device. Mobile devices register to listen for push notifications delivered through a push notification service from a specified set of providers. The presence of the mobile devices is delivered to the push notification service that maps the mobile devices to connections made between their respective companion devices and the push notification service. If the push notification service determines that a mobile device is “online,” in response to receiving a push notification for the mobile device, a current network connection over which a companion device is listening for push notifications is identified and the push notification is forwarded to the companion device. The companion device then can deliver the push notification to the mobile device.

公开(公告)号：US20190356767A1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-21

申请号：US16505345

申请日：2019-07-08

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: H04M1/725 ,  G06F21/44 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H04W8/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F21/31 ,  G06F21/35 ,  G06F21/62 ,  H04W56/00

Abstract: Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for allowing a user to switch between wearable items that have been paired or associated with an electronic device, such as a smartphone, are described. In one embodiment, the wearable items automatically detect a removal of a first wearable item from a user's body and an attachment of a second wearable item to the user's body. Messages from the wearable items are transmitted to the electronic device to allow the electronic device to switch the active wearable item from the first wearable item to the second wearable item. The switch can occur while the electronic device is in a locked state, and the electronic device can synchronize the second wearable item with data received from the first wearable item. Other embodiments are also described.

公开(公告)号：US10389865B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-20

申请号：US16131452

申请日：2018-09-14

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: H04M1/725 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04M1/67

Abstract: Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for allowing a user to switch between wearable accessories can scan for one or more on-body states from one or more paired accessories, determine based on a difference in on-body states that a switch between accessories has occurred, the switch being to a second accessory from a first accessory, and transmit synchronization data to the second accessory in response to determining that the second accessory has established a communication connection for data exchange with the companion device. Other embodiments are also described.

公开(公告)号：US10187430B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-22

申请号：US13913113

申请日：2013-06-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Amit K. Vyas ,  Joshua V. Graessley ,  John Iarocci ,  Darren Litzinger ,  Andrew C. Lam ,  Ray Ling Chang ,  Steven Douglas Parker ,  Justin Wood ,  Matthew Scott Klahn ,  Daniel B. Pollack

IPC: G06F15/177 ,  G06F15/16 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04L29/08

Abstract: In some implementations, a network daemon can manage access to a mobile device's network interface. The network daemon (e.g., network connection managing process) can monitor the condition of the mobile device's network connection on one or more interfaces. The network daemon can monitor many conditions on the mobile device. The network daemon can receive background networking requests from network clients (e.g., processes, applications) that specify criteria for initiating a network connection. The network daemon can then smartly manage network connections taking into account network conditions, mobile device conditions and/or client criteria received in the client request. This can help reduce battery life impact, memory usage, likelihood of call drops, data usage cost, and load on network operators.

公开(公告)号：US20190020751A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-17

申请号：US16131452

申请日：2018-09-14

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: H04M1/725 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04M1/67

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 wearable accessories can scan for one or more on-body states from one or more paired accessories, determine based on a difference in on-body states that a switch between accessories has occurred, the switch being to a second accessory from a first accessory, and transmit synchronization data to the second accessory in response to determining that the second accessory has established a communication connection for data exchange with the companion device. Other embodiments are also described.

公开(公告)号：US10175866B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-08

申请号：US14872136

申请日：2015-09-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Eliza C. Block ,  David A. Schimon ,  Eric Lance Wilson ,  Joshua H. Shaffer ,  Paul W. Salzman ,  Christopher C. Jensen ,  Timothy C. Lee ,  Daniel B. Pollack ,  Alexander Ledwith ,  Kevin Will Chen ,  Lawrence Y. Yang ,  Alan C. Dye

IPC: G06F3/048 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F9/445 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G06F17/24 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G06F9/451

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices can allow applications to provide complication data to be displayed in a complication of a watch face. A client application can create a complication data object according to a template to efficiently select how the complication data is to be displayed. For example, a complication controller on the watch can receive new data and determine which template to use. The complication data object can be sent to a display manager that can identify the selected template and display the data according to the template.

公开(公告)号：US20180352586A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-06

申请号：US15702921

申请日：2017-09-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel B. Pollack ,  Yu Xing ,  Venkateswara Rao Manepalli

IPC: H04W76/04 ,  H04W76/06 ,  H04W52/02

CPC classification number: H04W76/25 ,  H04W52/0254 ,  H04W52/0261 ,  H04W76/38

Abstract: Methods and user equipment devices (UEs) are disclosed for performing keep alive interval fallback. During an active connection with a remote network, a UE may operate in a steady state configuration wherein keep alive message are periodically sent to the remote network. The UE may determine that a keep alive message has failed to receive an acknowledgement (ACK) response. Based on the determination that the keep alive message has failed, the UE may trigger keep alive interval fallback, wherein the UE sends keep alive messages at a shorter duration for a predetermined period of time.