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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 17, 2023
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/04 (2006.01); G06F 3/04812 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/04 (2013.01); G06F 3/04812 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04L 12/2809 (2013.01); H04L 12/2812 (2013.01); H04L 12/2814 (2013.01); H04L 12/282 (2013.01);
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.


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