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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Benjamin A. Detwiler, Encinitas, CA (US);
Brent M. Ledvina, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kenneth U. Victa, San Jose, CA (US);
Langford M. Wasada, San Diego, CA (US);
Yannick L. Sierra, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein provide for a mobile electronic device including a wireless network interface coupled to a bus, a memory device coupled to the bus, and one or more processors coupled to the bus, the one or more processors to execute instructions to perform a scan, via the wireless network interface, for a beacon advertisement that is broadcast by a wireless device within range of the wireless network interface, detect the beacon advertisement broadcast by the wireless device, retrieve an identifier broadcast within the beacon advertisement, based on a result of a comparison between the identifier to at least one expected identifier, selectively send a timer reset packet to the wireless device and an authorization token for the wireless accessory to remain in near-owner mode, and allow the one or more processors to sleep for a predetermined time.