Apple Inc.

Andrew Burks

Arun Godfrey Mathias

Joe S Abuan

Bob Bradley

Kevin P McLaughlin

Anush G Nadathur

Craig P Dooley

Srinivas Rama

Gregg Golembeski, Jr

A uniform protocol can facilitate secure, authenticated communication between a controller device and an accessory device that is controlled by the controller. An accessory and a controller can establish a pairing, the existence of which can be verified at a later time and used to create a secure communication session. The accessory can provide an accessory definition record that defines the accessory as a collection of services, each service having one or more characteristics. Within a secure communication session, the controller can interrogate the characteristics to determine accessory state and/or modify the characteristics to instruct the accessory to change its state.

Uniform communication protocols for communication between controllers and accessories

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Mountain View, CA, United States of America

Andrew Burks