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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Lawrence Y. Yang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christopher Wilson, Sonoma, CA (US);
Wan Si Wan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Gary Ian Butcher, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Imran Chaudhri, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alan C. Dye, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jonathan P. Ive, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen O. Lemay, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lee S. Broughton, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
In response to detecting that an external device is within communication range of an electronic device and in accordance with a determination that the external device is in a pairing mode, the electronic device displays an affordance corresponding to a pairing application of the electronic device. In response to detecting that an external device is within communication range of an electronic device and in accordance with a determination that the external device is not in the pairing mode, the electronic device forgoes display of the affordance. In response to user input corresponding to selection of the affordance, the electronic device displays a user interface associated with initiating a process to pair the electronic device and the external device.