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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2020
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Emmanuel Lalande, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael C. Laster, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Scott Lopatin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Munish K. Poonia, San Jose, CA (US);
Tommy Rochette, San Jose, CA (US);
Yannick L. Sierra, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tim Taubert, Berlin, DE;
Steven A. Myers, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/085 (2013.01); H04L 9/0819 (2013.01); H04L 9/0891 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein provide for a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions to cause one or more processor to perform operations to share a set of keys used to communicate with a wireless accessory device. By sharing the set of keys, functionality of the wireless accessory device can be delegated by an owner to other individuals.