公开(公告)号：US20240349042A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-17

申请号：US18637105

申请日：2024-04-16

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Benjamin A. Detwiler ,  Brent M. Ledvina ,  Chen Ganir ,  Emmanuel Lalande ,  Michael C. Laster ,  Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Ernst T. Erdmann ,  Yannick L. Sierra

IPC分类号： H04W12/04 ,  H04W12/121

CPC分类号： H04W12/04 ,  H04W12/121

摘要： Portable electronic devices can be used to perform tracking functionality through the exchange of proximity messages. Based on the payload in these messages, a mobile device can detect whether a portable electronic device is likely performing unwanted tracking. The mobile device user may wish to identify an account that is associated with the portable device. In response to a request from the mobile device, the portable electronic device can provide a partial identifier that can be used to determine an associated account. The portable electronic device can also provide information that the mobile device can use to locate disablement instructions that can show how to stop the portable device from performing tracking functionality.

公开(公告)号：US11641563B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-02

申请号：US16543227

申请日：2019-08-16

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： 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

IPC分类号： H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W12/50 ,  H04W12/126 ,  H04W12/63

摘要： 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.

公开(公告)号：US20220394431A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-08

申请号：US17819873

申请日：2022-08-15

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： 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

IPC分类号： H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W12/50 ,  H04W12/126 ,  H04W12/63

摘要： 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.

公开(公告)号：US20220386076A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-01

申请号：US17818859

申请日：2022-08-10

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： 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

IPC分类号： H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W12/50 ,  H04W12/126 ,  H04W12/63

摘要： 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.

公开(公告)号：US20220360945A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-10

申请号：US17813897

申请日：2022-07-20

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： 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

IPC分类号： H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W12/50 ,  H04W12/126 ,  H04W12/63

摘要： 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.

公开(公告)号：US20220358830A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-10

申请号：US17525779

申请日：2021-11-12

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Benjamin A. Detwiler ,  Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Katherine K. Ernst ,  Richard Akira Heru ,  Johan O. Bergerengen ,  Langford M. Wasada ,  Ernst Thomas Erdmann, IV

IPC分类号： G08B21/24 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W76/19

摘要： Methods to provide separation notifications are described. In an embodiment, movement is detected beyond a threshold distance from a trusted location, in response to the detecting, receiving an indication that at least one accessory device is nearby the electronic device and storing information on a status of a wireless connection with the at least one accessory device, receiving an indication that the electronic device is in transit, monitoring the wireless connection for the at least one accessory device, and upon detection of a lost wireless connection for the at least one accessory device, send a separation notification.

公开(公告)号：US20220038819A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-03

申请号：US17346039

申请日：2021-06-11

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Sorin V. Dusan ,  Raghunandan K. Pai ,  Scott Lopatin ,  Tommy Rochette ,  Navin Bindiganavile Suparna ,  Emmanuel Lalande ,  Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Robert Watson ,  Scott Grinker

IPC分类号： H04R5/033 ,  G08B3/10 ,  H04W64/00 ,  G08B1/08 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04R1/10 ,  G08B25/10 ,  H04M1/60 ,  G08B25/08

摘要： Systems, methods, devices and non-transitory, computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed for location-tracking wireless devices. In an embodiment, a method performed by an electronic device comprises: playing, or initiating the playing of, a sound through a loudspeaker of an accessory device via a communication link. The sound is played at a specified frequency that utilizes a frequency response of the loudspeaker (or loudspeaker plus speaker enclosure). The sound is received through two or more microphones of the electronic device and filtered by one or more filters. The one or more filters are configured to pass the sound at or around the specified frequency and to reduce masking of the sound by ambient noise. The filtered sound is associated with direction data generated from sensor data provided by one or more inertial sensors of the electronic device. In another embodiment, the specified frequency is higher than the maximum human hearing range.