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Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 22, 2015
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Belk, Portola Valley, CA (US);

Alessio Centazzo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Daniel R. Fletcher, Campbell, CA (US);

William M. Bumgarner, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/00 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/00 (2013.01); H04N 21/4126 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/4436 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is a need to provide an intuitive way for a battery-powered device to send a low battery notification to another device that can properly notify a user that the battery-powered device has a low battery. The user can be notified by the other device even after the battery-powered device has exhausted its battery to the point where it can no longer report its battery state. A second electronic device (e.g., a remote control) can send a low battery notification to a first electronic device (e.g., a set-top box) so that the first electronic device can alert a user that the second electronic device has a low battery.


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