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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brent M. Ledvina, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yannick L. Sierra, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kyle C. Brogle, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven Andrew Myers, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/50 (2021.01); H04W 12/037 (2021.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04W 12/64 (2021.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/50 (2021.01); H04L 9/0866 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 12/037 (2021.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/64 (2021.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02);
Abstract
Techniques disclosed herein relate to the pairing of a pairing initiator device and a pairing responder device for communication. The pairing initiator device and the pairing responder device range with each other to determine the distance between the pairing initiator device and the pairing responder device. Based on the distance being below a threshold distance, the pairing initiator device and the pairing responder device wirelessly pair with each other without further input from the user.