Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Switching between watches or other accessories
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Application No.: US16221200Application Date: 2018-12-14
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Publication No.: US10419595B2Publication Date: 2019-09-17
- Inventor: David C. Donley , Julien A. Poumailloux , Pierre J. De Filippis , Tyler D. Hawkins , Craig P. Dooley , Daniel B. Pollack , James C. Grandy , Gregory B. Novick , Todd A. Shortlidge , Aroon Pahwa , David T. Wilson , Yan Yang , Nicholas Joseph Circosta
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Jaffery Watson Mendonsa & Hamilton LLP
- Main IPC: H04M1/725
- IPC: H04M1/725 ; G06F1/16 ; H04L29/06 ; H04W56/00 ; G06F21/62 ; G06F21/44 ; G06F21/35 ; G06F21/31 ; H04W8/00 ; H04M1/67

Abstract:
Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for allowing a user to switch between wearable items that have been paired with an electronic device, such as a smartphone, are described. In one embodiment, the wearable items automatically detect a removal of a first wearable item from a user's body and an attachment of a second wearable item to the user's body. Messages from the wearable items are transmitted to the electronic device to allow the electronic device to switch the active wearable item from the first wearable item to the second wearable item. The switch can occur while the electronic device is in a locked state, and the electronic device can synchronize the second wearable item with data received from the first wearable item. Other embodiments are also described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190141177A1 SWITCHING BETWEEN WATCHES OR OTHER ACCESSORIES Public/Granted day:2019-05-09
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