Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods, systems and apparatus for determining whether an accessory includes particular circuitry
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Application No.: US13730667Application Date: 2012-12-28
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Publication No.: US08878484B2Publication Date: 2014-11-04
- Inventor: Scott Mullins , Alexei Kosut , Jeffrey J. Terlizzi , Zachary C. Rich
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00 ; G06F1/26 ; H02H9/02 ; G01R19/00 ; H02J4/00 ; H02H3/20 ; G01N27/00 ; G01R31/28

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatus for determining whether an accessory includes particular circuitry. A host device may measure a first voltage and a second voltage received from an accessory, where the voltages are provide through the accessory from a power source. Before measuring the second voltage, the host device may send an instruction to the accessory instructing the accessory to alter an impedance of the power path between the power source and the host device, and the host device may draw at least a threshold amount of current from the power source via the accessory. The host device may then determine whether the accessory includes particular circuitry based on the relationship between the first voltage and the second voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130278205A1 METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER AN ACCESSORY INCLUDES PARTICULAR CIRCUITRY Public/Granted day:2013-10-24
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