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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
May. 01, 2024
Techniques for managing pairing procedures between computing devices and accessory computing devices
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Anush G. Nadathur, San Jose, CA (US);
Justin N. Wood, Los Altos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method can be implemented by a computing device that is seeking to pair with an accessory computing device, and includes the steps of (1) obtaining at least an identifier and a setup code associated with the accessory computing device, (2) determining, by scanning a first communications network that is associated with the accessory computing device, that the identifier is not being advertised on the first communications network, (3) generating a hash value based on the identifier and the setup code, (4) identifying, by scanning a second communications network, that the hash value is being advertised on the second communications network, and (5) displaying an affordance that instructs a user to perform (i) a factory reset of the accessory computing device, or (ii) a secondary pairing procedure with the accessory computing device through at least one primary computing device with which the accessory computing device is currently paired.
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