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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
May. 31, 2019
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Natalia A Fornshell, Campbell, CA (US);
Aarti Kumar, Los Altos, CA (US);
Robert D. Watson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Ariane Cotte, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bob Bradley, San Jose, CA (US);
Marc J. Krochmal, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kang Sun, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Chen Ganir, San Jose, CA (US);
Sarang S. Ranade, San Jose, CA (US);
Akshay Mangalam Srivatsa, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A device providing temporary pairing for wireless devices may include a memory and at least one processor configured to receive a request to temporarily pair with a wireless device. The at least one processor may be further configured to pair with the wireless device, wherein the pairing comprises generating a link key for connecting to the wireless device. The at least one processor may be further configured to connect to the wireless device using the link key. The at least one processor may be further configured to initiate a timer upon disconnecting from the wireless device. The at least one processor may be further configured to automatically and without user input, delete the link key when the timer reaches a timeout value without having reconnected to the wireless device using the link key.