Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wireless connection management for an accessory device
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Application No.: US15995739Application Date: 2018-06-01
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Publication No.: US10863564B2Publication Date: 2020-12-08
- Inventor: Sanjay K. Verma , Deepankar Bhattacharjee , Prateek Sharma , Rohan C. Malthankar , Ajoy K. Singh , Najeeb M. Abdulrahiman
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin & Goetzel, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04W48/16
- IPC: H04W48/16 ; H04W88/04 ; H04W76/15 ; H04W76/14 ; H04W76/23

Abstract:
This disclosure relates to wireless connection management for an accessory device. A companion device and the accessory device may establish a wireless link. The companion device may associate with a Wi-Fi access point. The companion device may determine whether the Wi-Fi access point supports access by the accessory device to a wide area network. The companion device may determine whether to provide association information for the Wi-Fi access point to the accessory device based at least in part on whether the Wi-Fi access point supports access by the accessory device to the wide area network. The companion device may monitor whether the Wi-Fi access point continues to support access by the accessory device to the wide area network, and may indicate to the accessory device to disassociate with the Wi-Fi access point if the Wi-Fi access point no longer supports access by the accessory device to the wide area network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190104559A1 Wireless Connection Management for an Accessory Device Public/Granted day:2019-04-04
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