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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Benjamin A. Detwiler, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Siva Ganesh Movva, Cupertino, CA (US);
Katherine K. Ernst, San Francisco, CA (US);
Richard Akira Heru, Mountain View, CA (US);
Johan O. Bergerengen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Langford M. Wasada, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ernst Thomas Erdmann, IV, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods to provide separation notifications are described. In an embodiment, movement is detected beyond a threshold distance from a trusted location, in response to the detecting, receiving an indication that at least one accessory device is nearby the electronic device and storing information on a status of a wireless connection with the at least one accessory device, receiving an indication that the electronic device is in transit, monitoring the wireless connection for the at least one accessory device, and upon detection of a lost wireless connection for the at least one accessory device, send a separation notification.