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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2014
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Tyler Hawkins, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christopher Wilson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Conrad Sauerwald, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gregory Novick, San Francisco, CA (US);
Neil G. Crane, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rudolph Van Der Merwe, Portland, OR (US);
Samuel Noble, Portland, OR (US);
Paul William Chinn, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of activating a first device is disclosed. The method includes: the first device pairing with a second device; receiving a connection request from a second device; connecting to the second device; opening a communication channel to the second device; transmitting an activation package to the second device; receiving an activation payload from the second device; and performing an activation using information from the activation payload.