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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2017
Essential Products, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
David John Evans, V, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Xinrui Jiang, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew E. Rubin, Los Altos, CA (US);
Matthew Hershenson, Los Altos, CA (US);
Xiaoyu Miao, Palo Alto, CA (US);
ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments concern a wireless accessory bus for a user device that enables accessories to be easily and securely attached to the user device. More specifically, the wireless accessory bus enables data to be wirelessly transmitted between the accessory and the user device when the accessory and the user device are located within close proximity to one another (e.g., when the accessory is securely attached to the wireless accessory bus). Power could also be wirelessly transferred from the user device to the accessory (or vice versa). In some embodiments, the user device includes fastening component(s) (e.g., magnets) that allow the user device and the accessory to be magnetically secured to one another. The accessory typically enables the user device to readily utilize a new functionality or an improvement to an existing functionality.