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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Kenneth U. Victa, Cupertino, CA (US);
Benjamin A. Detwiler, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Nikhil Nilakantan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Todd Wheeler, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert W. Mayor, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Brent M. Ledvina, San Francisco, CA (US);
E. Thomas Erdmann, IV, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sriram Hariharan, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The presence of a wireless device and/or accessory that cannot maintain an independent network connection can be detected by network connected wireless devices and the location of the detected device and/or accessory can be reported to a device location service. As the wireless devices and/or accessories do not have independent network connections, periodic maintenance is performed on those devices by nearby owner devices to which the wireless devices and/or accessories are paired or associated. Described herein are systems, methods, and associated devices to maintain a locatable wireless device by a set of multiple owner devices for that wireless device.