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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Xi Yang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Hsin-Yuo Liu, Fremont, CA (US);
Indranil S. Sen, Fremont, CA (US);
Vusthla Sunil Reddy, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter M. Agboh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mohit Narang, San Jose, CA (US);
Ruben Caballero, San Jose, CA (US);
Qiyang Wu, Fremont, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
To establish a connection between electronic devices some embodiments include a system, method, and/or computer program product for password pairing user-interface devices in wireless proximity. A first electronic device (e.g., a keyboard) transmits an advertising packet, and receives a password, where the password has been generated by a second electronic device (e.g., a smartphone) and the password enables pairing between the first electronic device and the second electronic device. The first electronic device transmits a message including the password to the second electronic device, where the second electronic device is within a predefined range of the first electronic device. In some embodiments the first device receives a command from the second electronic device to transition to a discovery mode, transitions to the discovery mode, and transmits a confirmation to the second electronic device that the first device is in the discovery mode.