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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Taylor G. Carrigan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Patrick L Coffman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher Patrick Foss, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tiffany S. Jon, Cupertino, CA (US);
Andrew S. Kim, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Lauren K. Trottier, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a process for configuring an electronic device to control a first controllable external device. The process includes receiving information corresponding to the first controllable external device, and determining, based on the received information, whether the first controllable external device is associated with a plurality of controllable functions associated with a plurality of subcomponents of the first controllable external device.