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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Sriram Hariharan, San Jose, CA (US);
Ganesha Adkasthala Ganapathi Batta, San Jose, CA (US);
Tad J. Dreier, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Christopher S. Wiebe, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ashley N. Saulsbury, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Duy N. Phan, San Jose, CA (US);
David J. Shaw, Ramona, CA (US);
Robert D. Watson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Augustin Prats, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for performing a role swapping operation between a pair of non-tethered wireless ear buds after detecting a triggering event. Further, state information can be coordinated between devices, including in connection with performing a role swap between buds in a pair of wireless, untethered ear buds, where one wireless ear bud is in a primary role and is responsible for a connection with a companion device, and another wireless ear bud in the pair is in a secondary role.