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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Sanjay K. Verma, San Jose, CA (US);
Deepankar Bhattacharjee, Milpitas, CA (US);
Prateek Sharma, Milpitas, CA (US);
Rohan C. Malthankar, San Jose, CA (US);
Ajoy K. Singh, Milpitas, CA (US);
Najeeb M. Abdulrahiman, Fremont, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to wireless connection management for an accessory device. A companion device and the accessory device may establish a wireless link. The companion device may associate with a Wi-Fi access point. The companion device may determine whether the Wi-Fi access point supports access by the accessory device to a wide area network. The companion device may determine whether to provide association information for the Wi-Fi access point to the accessory device based at least in part on whether the Wi-Fi access point supports access by the accessory device to the wide area network. The companion device may monitor whether the Wi-Fi access point continues to support access by the accessory device to the wide area network, and may indicate to the accessory device to disassociate with the Wi-Fi access point if the Wi-Fi access point no longer supports access by the accessory device to the wide area network.