Apple Inc.

Craig P Dooley

Michael Jason Giles

Akshay Mangalam Srivatsa

Sriram Hariharan

Gregory B Novick

David John Shaw

Ganesha Adkasthala Ganapathi Batta

Tyler D Hawkins

James C Grandy

David C Donley

Daniel Ben Pollack

Yan Yang

Nicholas Joseph Circosta

Aroon Pahwa

David T Wilson

Todd Allan Shortlidge

Julien A Poumailloux

Robert D Watson

Pierre Jonathan De Filippis

Anjali S Sandesara

Arun Godfrey Mathias

Joe S Abuan

Bob Bradley

Kevin P McLaughlin

Anush G Nadathur

Srinivas Rama

Jason C Conn

Gregg J Golembeski, Jr

Andrew W Burks

Chen Ganir

Matt I Gillette

Patrick L Coffman

Kevin M Lynch

Nathan De Vries

Anthony Joseph Guetta

Jonathan Anderson Bennett

Deepak R Iyer

Jeffrey Chandler Moore

Albert Riley Howard

Gordon Y Scott

Todd Wheeler

Ariane Cotte

Duy N Phan

Sarang S Ranade

Kang Sun

Catherine B B Morrison

Patrick Ian Bernhard

Siji Rachel Tom

Hyundoo Shin

Yilok L Wong

Kevin Sheridan

Sean P Wilson

Sujatha Viswanathan

Meghna Lav

Aidan O'Loan

Jorge Morinigo

Chris Saari

Dana McLaughlin

Mitchell David Adler

Yannick L Sierra

Jay C Blahnik

Dennis Mathews

Ganesha A G Batta

Syed Aon Mujtaba

Jianxiong Shi

Christiaan A Hartman

Camille Chen

Daniel R Borges

Jay Kriz Blahnik

Peter N Heerboth

Prateek Sharma

Deepankar Bhattacharjee

Langford M Wasada

Siegfried Lehmann

Per Love Hornquist Astrand

Sanjay K Verma

David P Remahl

Alessio Centazzo

Julien A Poumallioux

Pierre J De Fillippis

Akshay Mangalam Srivastsa

David S Wilser

Abuzar Amini

Andrew Burks

Gregg Golembeski, Jr

Donald Eng

Kevin P Mclaughlin

Robert Doran Watson

Jonathan A Bennet

Dana Mclaughlin

Riley Howard

Gregg Golembeski Jr

Patrick Lee Coffman

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

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing a recommendation of a payment credential to be used by an electronic device in a commercial transaction based on merchant information received by the electronic device are provided. In one example embodiment, a method, at an electronic device that includes a secure element that includes at least one payment credential, includes, inter alia, accessing credential availability data indicative of the at least one payment credential, accessing merchant context data associated with a merchant subsystem, wherein the merchant context data is indicative of a preference for a first type of payment credential over a second type of payment credential, and presenting payment recommendation data based on the accessed credential availability data and the accessed merchant context data. Additional embodiments are also provided.

Recommendation of payment credential to be used based on merchant information

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.

Cloud-based proximity pairing and switching for peer-to-peer devices

A method of generating a calibration factor is described. In an example, the method may include establishing a wireless communication connection with a fitness machine. The method may also include obtaining first machine data from the fitness machine. The first machine data may specify a type of the fitness machine. The method may also include initiating a workout session on the wearable computer based on the first machine data. During the workout session, the method may also include obtaining sensor data, obtaining second machine data, and determining the calibration factor based on the second machine data and the sensor data. The method may also include generating a workout session summary based on the calibration factor.

Wearable computer with fitness machine connectivity for improved activity monitoring

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.

Switching between watches or other accessories

Apparatus and methods to communicate audio data from either an active wireless device or a requesting wireless device to one or more audio reproduction devices that are simultaneously communicatively coupled to both the active wireless device and to the requesting wireless device are disclosed. Responsive to a request from the requesting wireless device to transmit audio data to the one or more audio reproduction devices, the active wireless device determines whether to transmit audio data from the requesting wireless device based at least in part on an audio status of the active wireless device and a set of predetermined arbitration criteria that prioritizes among applications and operating system processes that generate the audio data.

Audio data routing between multiple wirelessly connected devices

Methods for aggregating Bluetooth profiles for faster connection and configuration are disclosed, including transmitting, subsequent to establishing a connection, a request message to a peer device that indicates support of a fast connection protocol for Bluetooth profiles configuration and receiving a response message from the peer device that indicates the peer device supports the fast connection protocol. After pairing with the peer device, a first list of profile descriptors for a plurality of Bluetooth profiles supported by the device may be transmitted to the peer device and a second list of profile descriptors for a plurality of Bluetooth profiles supported by the peer device may be received. A configuration of a plurality of Bluetooth profiles base, at least in part, on a comparison of the first list of profile descriptors to the second list of profile descriptors may be determined and transmitted to the peer device.

Bluetooth profile fast connect

Migration of a pairing of wearable device to a new companion electronic device is disclosed. In one embodiment, pairing migration is performed by syncing and verifying a migration key in the wearable and new companion device. Pairing migration includes moving settings and pairing data of the wearable to the new companion device in response to detecting the wearable is associated with the migration key, wherein the migration key establishes a validation of trust of the wearable relative to the companion device. The settings and pairing data can include configuration and protected data and one or more keys to establish a trust relationship between the wearable and new companion device. The settings and pairing data can also include device data such that the wearable can be discoverable by the new companion device.

Migration for wearable to new companion device

Embodiments are disclosed for a wearable computer with fitness machine connectivity for improved activity monitoring. In an embodiment, a method comprises: establishing, by a processor of a wireless device, a wireless communication connection with a fitness machine; obtaining, by the processor, machine data from the fitness machine; determining, by the processor, a workout session according to the machine data; initiating the workout session on the wireless device; during the workout session: obtaining, from a sensor of the computing device, physiological data of a user of the fitness machine; determining, by the processor, fitness data for the user based on the physiological data, the machine data and at least one user characteristic; and sending, by the processor, the fitness data to the fitness machine.

Cloud based proximity pairing and switching for peer-to-peer devices

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Craig P Dooley