Apple Inc.

Ross D Arriens

Stephen Theodore Schooley

Jeremy D Bataillou

Vusthla Sunil Reddy

Xinping Zeng

Ho Cheung Chung

Sara Rusignuolo

Craig S Ogden

Richard Hung Minh Dinh

Sawyer Isaac Cohen

Lucy Elizabeth Browning

Parin Patel

Yang Zhou

Ehsan Khajeh

Andrew W Joyce

Arash Akhavan Fomani

Meng Chi Lee

Aaron Albert Oro

Karan S Jain

Supratik Datta

Charles W Werley

Hao Dong

Daniel P Kumar

Devon A Monaco

James C Wu

Gang Ning

Jenna Dancy

Lian Zhang

Eng Eow Goh

Sean M Cole

Timothy C Wulff

Deepak Sharma

Nishant R Jayant

Adriano De Fusco

Aleksandar Daniel O Rivin

Xunsheng Wang

Alex J Newman

Chengrui Zhang

Michael Sipper

Peter J Guest

Accessory devices are described herein. An accessory device may include a receptacle for receiving an electronic device. The accessory device may include a case that covers the housing of the electronic device, or a folio that additionally includes a cover can conceal the display of the electronic device. Accessory devices described herein further include wireless circuitry used to communicate with wireless circuitry in the electronic device. The wireless circuitry can be used for various functions and features. For instance, the wireless circuitry in the accessory device can respond to authentication requests from the electronic device, and/or to send authentication requests to the electronic device. Further, the wireless circuitry in the accessory device can send information to the electronic device. Such information may include properties of the accessory device, or information stored on the accessory device that is presented on a display of the electronic device.

Communication and authentication between head mounted devices and electronic devices

A case for an electronic device can include a case body including an exterior surface and an interior surface, the interior surface being positioned opposite the exterior surface. The case can additionally include a button body positioned at least partially within the case body between the exterior surface and the interior surface, the button body being movable inward and outward relative to the case body along an axis of button travel. The case can further include a biasing structure having a contact surface configured to contact the button body, the biasing structure configured to bias the button body toward the interior surface along the axis of button travel.

Computing device case

A magnetic alignment system can include a case with a magnetic alignment component that is configured to align with a magnetic alignment component of a wireless charging device. The case can support a portable electronic device, such as a smart phone and include an NFC coil for communicating with the portable electronic device. The magnetic alignment component and the NFC coil can be provided as an assembly that is embedded within a body of the case in a manner that provides a low profile and improved aesthetic appearance.

Case with magnetic alignment for portable electronic device

Electronic devices and accessory devices that provide information to electronic devices

Electronic device that provides battery charging status

Accessory device with communication features

This application relates to adjusting an operation of a portable electronic device based on the detection of a protective case. A processor of the portable electronic device is configured to receive a signal that indicates the portable electronic device is in contact with and retained by the protective case. Responsive to receiving the signal, the processor is configured to allow the component to transition from a first operating state to a second operating state. The first operating state is associated with a first operating temperature that corresponds to a first temperature range at a surface of a housing for the portable electronic device. The second operating state is associated with a second operating temperature that corresponds to a second temperature range at the surface of the housing. The second operating temperature is greater than the first operating temperature.

Smart case for a portable electronic device

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Mountain View, CA, United States of America

Ross D Arriens