Apple Inc.

Chandrahas Aralaguppe Chandramohan

Robert D Watson

David John Shaw

Gregory Robert Burns

Zachary C Rich

Benjamin Huth Byer

Rico L Zorkendorfer

Sriram Hariharan

Alon Paycher

Ariane Cotte

Jonathan Shavit

Adir Eini

Lee M Panecki

James L McPeak

Ganesh Adkasthala Ganapathi Batta

Patrick L Coffman

Daniel C Wagman

Darshan R Kasar

Ganesha Adkasthala Ganapathi Batta

Jason Brinsfield

James Hollabaugh

Hariharan Sukumar

Shannon X Yang

Chen Ganir

Alejandro A Rodriguez

Vasilios E Anton

Calvin M Ryan

Ke Liu

Antonio R De Lima Fernandes

Mitul Mahendrakumar Panchal

Angelo K Maliyil

Vaishnavi Dhulkhed

Robert Doran Watson

Jason W Brinsfield

James L Mcpeak

Rico L ZÖRKENDÖRFER

David Shaw

Lee L Panecki

An electronic device can receive battery charge level information from two different devices and select, between the different devices, which information to use to generate and present battery information on a display of the electronic device. When two separate devices are transmitted by a case and an earbud (or earbuds), the electronic device can receive and select from one of two source based upon the state of the case and the state of the earbud(s). Alternatively, based upon the state of the case and the earbud(s), the electronic device can merge the information received from the case and the earbuds, while also determining from the merged information which respective device transmitted the respective information. Further, the case can provide battery information on behalf of the earbuds when the earbuds are in the case, and the respective radio circuits are shut down. Alternatively, the earbuds can provide battery information on behalf the case.

Cases and earbuds for providing information and electronic devices for receiving information

A first device is configured to establish a connection over a short-range communication link with a second device. The first device may transition to a sleep state, terminate (i) a paging operation and a page scanning operation associated with a paging protocol and (ii) an advertisement scanning operation associated with an advertisement protocol and perform an advertisement broadcast operation associated with the advertisement protocol, the advertisement broadcast operation generating an advertisement to be broadcast at a first interval, wherein the first interval is greater than a second interval for performing advertisement broadcast operations in an active state.

Low-power activation of accessory in sleep state

A case can communicate with one or more earbuds to obtain information related to the earbuds, such as a battery charge level of the earbud. Due to the interface circuits within the case and the earbuds, the case can obtain the information from a power management unit of the earbud without first communicating with a processor (serving as the central processing unit) of the earbud. As a result, the processor can be powered down, i.e., inactive, and the case can still communicate with the earbud. Examples in which the processor can be powered down include when the earbud is in the case and not in use/service by a user, or when the earbud battery charge level is relatively low.

Communication between a case and an earbud with reduced power consumption

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for determining when to wirelessly communicatively couple together a pair of untethered wireless audio output devices and for determining when to erase a connection history stored on one or both of the wireless audio output devices.

Wireless audio output devices

A case for a pair of earbuds includes a housing having cavities to receive the pair of earbuds and charging circuitry that is configured to initiate charging of the pair of earbuds when an earbud detector detects that the earbuds are inserted within the cavities.

Earbud case with charging system

A case for a pair of wireless earbuds includes a lid and a lid sensor configured to generate a detect signal when the lid is moved from a closed position to an open position. The case further includes circuitry configured to, in response to receiving the detect signal, send a signal to the wireless earbuds to turn them on and to initiate a pairing sequence between the wireless earbuds and an electronic device.

Wireless pairing of earbuds and case

A case for a portable listening device includes a lid and a lid sensor to detect if the lid is in an open or a closed position. The case further includes circuitry configured to turn on a wireless radio within the portable listening device when the lid sensor detects the lid is moved from the closed position to the open position.

Earbud case with wireless radio shutdown feature

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Chandrahas Aralaguppe Chandramohan