Apple Inc.

Reed E Olsen

Kevin P McLaughlin

Anush G Nadathur

Paul W Salzman

Stephen Olivier Lemay

Christopher I Wilson

Benjamin A Smith

Tyler D Hawkins

Kevin M Lynch

Kevin Will Chen

David S Clark

Andreas Edgar Schobel

Heena Ko

Bharath Narasimha Rao

Umamahesh Srinivas

Catherine Lee

Matthew J Sundstrom

Sudhakar N Mambakkam

Dmitry V Belov

Kalyan C Gopavarapu

Nagarjuna Thottempudi

David G Knipp

Robert F Lee

Justin K Bennett

Christopher G Wilson

Giovanni M Agnoli

Jennifer D Patton

David A Schimon

David A Den Boer

John-Peter E Cafaro

John G Slagle

In one embodiment, a method for providing enhanced configuration features includes receiving, by a computing device, indication that a wearable device has started a pairing process with a second electronic device and obtaining images corresponding to the wearable device. Moreover, the method includes analyzing, by the computing device, the images to determine one or more aspects of the wearable device and configuring the wearable device using the one or more aspects of the wearable device.

Image capture to provide advanced features for configuration of a wearable device

Features are described for controlling the functionality of an electronic device, where the device operates according to a restricted mode of operation in which functions that the electronic device is otherwise capable of performing are not immediately available.

Restricted operation of an electronic device

In some implementations, a computing device can present accessory state information. For example, the computing device can receive accessory state information from various accessories and present status items representing the current state of the accessories. The status items can be prioritized according to classifications assigned to accessories and/or accessory state information. The status items can be filtered based on a role assigned to the user of the computing device. Additional implementations and details are described in the paragraphs that follow.

Techniques for utilizing a coordinator device

Embodiments described herein provide for a satellite device that can be associated with a user account of a minor aged (e.g., child or adolescent) user that does not have a smartphone that can be used as a companion device to the satellite device. The satellite device can be configured to be used as a primary device, without reliance upon a paired smartphone. Certain information can be synchronized with the satellite device via the association with the family account. During initial configuration, a set of cryptographic keys can be generated to associate the account of the satellite device with the set of accounts in the family. The satellite device can then access calendars, media, or other data that is shared with user accounts within a family of user accounts.

Authenticating and creating accounts on behalf of another user

Techniques are disclosed for facilitating disabling an alarm in response to particular types of activity-indicative data. More specifically, activity-indicative data (e.g., sensor data or input(s) can be detected prior to a preset alarm time. Upon determining, based on the activity-indicative data, that a wakefulness condition is satisfied (e.g., that the activity-indicative data corresponds to one or more predefined characteristics), a disablement query can be displayed that includes an option to disable the alarm. In response to detecting a selection of the option, the alarm can be disabled such that the alarm stimuli is not to be presented at the preset alarm time.

Methods and systems for disabling sleep alarm based on automated wake detection

Standalone wearable device configuration and interface

An electronic device changes the current user interface of a respective type of user interface from a first user interface to a second user interface. An individual uses their personal device to set up and configure a device for another user.

In some implementations, a coordinator device can prefetch images from a camera accessory in response to receiving a doorbell event notification from a doorbell accessory. For example, the coordinator device can prefetch an image in response to receiving a doorbell event notification from a doorbell accessory so that the captured image is contemporaneous with the doorbell event and to avoid making multiple subsequent requests for the same image from the camera accessory when multiple user devices request the captured image. The coordinator device can store the image received from the camera accessory and serve the image to user devices when the user devices request a snapshot image corresponding to the doorbell event.

Prefetching accessory data

In some implementations, a computing device can automatically generate a service group. For example, accessories can be automatically grouped together based on various criteria (such as historical usage patterns). The accessories in the service group can be managed and/or controlled as if the accessories were a single accessory or entity. In some implementations, a computing device can intelligently select service group controls for presentation to the user so that the user can control the service group. For example, the computing device can select which service group controls to present and the order in which to present the controls based on features that are common among different accessories in the service group.

Automatically grouping accessories

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Reed E Olsen