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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Brent M. Ledvina, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kevin P. McLaughlin, Waikoloa, HI (US);
David R. Stites, San Jose, CA (US);
Jahshan A. Bhatti, San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin Duffy, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert William Mayor, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for suggesting accessory devices controlled by an application executing on a mobile device are disclosed. A method includes measuring one or more sensor values to determine a data point at each of a plurality of first times, associating an accessory device with each of the data points, clustering the data points within a threshold distance of each other to create a plurality of clusters. The method also includes, after clustering the data points, measuring one or more sensor values to determine one or more current data points at a second time, determining that one or more current data points at the second time corresponds to a first cluster of the plurality of clusters, identifying a first accessory device associated with one or more of the data points in the first cluster, and providing a message using the application.