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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Benjamin A. Werner, San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin J. Van Vechten, Montecito, CA (US);
Robert W. Mayor, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Brent M. Ledvina, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian G. Kilberg, Berkeley, CA (US);
Subash Marri Sridhar, San Jose, CA (US);
Alejandro A. Rodriguez, Saratoga, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
In some aspects a first electronic device may detect a triggering condition for enabling control of a second electronic device. Upon detection of the triggering condition, the method can include determining an increased rate of transmission of advertising signals of a wireless protocol transmitted from a wireless transceiver of the first electronic device. The method can include transmitting a plurality of advertising wireless signals at the increased rate using the wireless protocol. The method can include receiving, from the second electronic device, one or more responses to the advertising wireless signals. The method can include determining a distance measurement based on the one or more responses. Responsive to the distance measurement being less than a threshold value, the method can include enabling control of one or more components of the first electronic device or the second electronic device by the other device. Numerous other aspects are described.