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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Siva Ganesh Movva, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tunc Ertan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ariane Cotte, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kerry Nguyen, Milpitas, CA (US);
Anita Desai, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven Douglas Laver, San Diego, CA (US);
Brent Ledvina, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kenneth U. Victa, San Jose, CA (US);
Ping-Ko Chiu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michał Adam Kałużny, Berlin, DE;
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments that relate to pairing and finding a group of accessory devices are described. In an embodiment, a pairing status is received from a first accessory device, a request is sent to the first accessory device for information on a number of accessory devices in a device group and a number of accessory devices that are proximate to the first accessory device in the device group, information on a second accessory device in the device group is received, a continue pairing message is sent to the second accessory device if the second accessory device is proximate, and a device group profile is created with information on the number of parts and received information on the second accessory device.