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- Patent Title: Coordinating complementary notifications across related computing devices connected to a wireless charging apparatus
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Application No.: US16353941Application Date: 2019-03-14
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Publication No.: US10778023B2Publication Date: 2020-09-15
- Inventor: Brandon R. Garbus , Christopher C. Jensen , Alexei E. Kosut
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Dickinson Wright RLLP
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00 ; H02J7/02 ; H02J50/10

Abstract:
The embodiments set forth a technique for coordinating notifications across computing devices placed onto a wireless charging apparatus. According to some embodiments, the technique can involve the wireless charging apparatus (1) receiving, from a first computing device, first information that includes (i) a first unique identifier (ID) associated with the first computing device, and (ii) one or more unique IDs that are each associated with a respective auxiliary computing device known to the first computing device. Subsequently, the wireless charging apparatus can receive, from a second computing device, second information that at least includes a second unique ID associated with the second computing device. Finally, the wireless charging apparatus can, in response to determining that the second unique ID is included in the one or more unique IDs, and cause both the first and second computing devices to display respective notifications in a coordinated manner.
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