Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for locating wireless accessories
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Application No.: US17813897Application Date: 2022-07-20
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Publication No.: US11606669B2Publication Date: 2023-03-14
- Inventor: Scott Lopatin , Emmanuel Lalande , Lawrence T. Lu , Robert W. Mayor , Siva Ganesh Movva , Raghunandan K. Pai , Munish K. Poonia , Tommy Rochette , Sam Schaevitz , Yannick L. Sierra , Navin Bindiganavile Suparna , Langford Wasada
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Aikin & Gallant, LLP
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04W4/029 ; H04W4/80 ; H04W12/50 ; H04W12/126 ; H04W12/63

Abstract:
Embodiments described herein provide for system and methods to crowdsource the location of wireless devices and accessories that lack a connection to a wide area network. One embodiment provides for a data processing system configured to perform operations comprising loading a user interface on an electronic device, the user interface to enable the determination of a location of a wireless accessory that is associated with the electronic device, generating a set of public keys included within a signal broadcast by the wireless accessory, the signal broadcast during a first period, sending the set of public keys to a server with a request to return data that corresponds with a public key in the set of public keys, decrypting the location data using a private key associated with the public key, and processing the location data to determine a probable location for the wireless accessory.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220360945A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING WIRELESS ACCESSORIES Public/Granted day:2022-11-10
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