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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert D. Watson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
David John Shaw, San Diego, CA (US);
Ganesh Adkasthala Ganapathi Batta, San Jose, CA (US);
Chandrahas Aralaguppe Chandramohan, San Jose, CA (US);
Gregory Robert Burns, San Francisco, CA (US);
Benjamin Huth Byer, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.01); H04L 101/622 (2022.01); H04M 1/72406 (2021.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 12/04 (2021.01); H04W 12/50 (2021.01); H04W 74/06 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.05); H04M 1/72406 (2021.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04R 1/1091 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04W 12/50 (2021.01); H04W 74/06 (2013.01); H04L 63/067 (2013.01); H04L 2101/622 (2022.05); H04R 1/1025 (2013.01); H04R 5/033 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2460/17 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for determining when to wirelessly communicatively couple together a pair of untethered wireless audio output devices and for determining when to erase a connection history stored on one or both of the wireless audio output devices.