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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Sindhu Sivasankaran Nair, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Tahir Shamim, San Jose, CA (US);
Gaurav Arya, San Jose, CA (US);
Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Lakshmi N. Kavuri, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to out of service recovery techniques for an accessory device. According to some embodiments, the accessory device may receive cellular communication system selection information from a paired device. The accessory device may store the communication system selection information. At some point, it may be determined that the accessory device has lost cellular communication service. The accessory device may perform a cellular communication service scan utilizing the system selection information received from the paired device along with its own historical information and location based frequency lists.