公开(公告)号：US20120221869A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-30

申请号：US13467820

申请日：2012-05-09

申请人： Shailesh Rathi ,  Lawrence G. Bolton ,  John Ananny ,  Scott Krueger

发明人： Shailesh Rathi ,  Lawrence G. Bolton ,  John Ananny ,  Scott Krueger

IPC分类号： G06F1/26

CPC分类号： H02J7/0068 ,  G06F1/26 ,  H02J2007/006 ,  H02J2007/0062

摘要： Methods, apparatus, and circuits for managing power among portable computing devices and one or more accessories. One example provides commands to improve power management between a portable computing device and one or more accessories. Other examples provide commands that may allow a portable computing device to charge at a maximum available current level while providing an accessory with sufficient current for its proper operation. Another may help prevent a portable computing device from drawing a high level of current that could be detrimental to an accessory, while others provide commands that may allow a battery pack to instruct a portable computing device to not charge its internal battery. Another example may allow a portable computing device to determine which power supply among multiple power supplies should be used to power an accessory, while others may allow an accessory to retrieve charging current parameters from a portable computing device.

摘要翻译： 用于在便携式计算设备和一个或多个附件之间管理电力的方法，设备和电路。 一个示例提供了用于改进便携式计算设备与一个或多个附件之间的电力管理的命令。 其他示例提供可允许便携式计算设备以最大可用电流电平充电的命令，同时为附件提供足够的电流以用于其正常操作。 另一种可能有助于防止便携式计算设备画出可能对附件有害的高电平的电流，而其他提供可允许电池组指示便携式计算设备不对其内部电池充电的命令。 另一个示例可以允许便携式计算设备确定应当使用多个电源之间的哪个电源来为附件提供电力，而其他可以允许附件从便携式计算设备检索充电当前参数。

公开(公告)号：US08239605B2

公开(公告)日：2012-08-07

申请号：US13230064

申请日：2011-09-12

申请人： Gregory T. Lydon ,  Jay S. Laefer ,  John Ananny ,  Terry Tikalsky

发明人： Gregory T. Lydon ,  Jay S. Laefer ,  John Ananny ,  Terry Tikalsky

IPC分类号： G06F13/38 ,  G06F13/14

CPC分类号： H04L67/2814 ,  G06F13/387 ,  G06F2213/3814 ,  H04L67/14 ,  H04L67/2871 ,  H04L69/18 ,  H04L69/24 ,  H04M1/04 ,  H04M1/6058 ,  H04M1/72527 ,  H04M1/7253 ,  H04M1/72575 ,  H04M2250/02 ,  H04W92/18

摘要： A host device and an accessory exchange information (e.g., commands and data) via an intermediate device. The host device and accessory can each connect to the intermediate device through a direct wired path and can exchange commands and data with the intermediate device. The host device and the accessory can also “tunnel” information to each other through the intermediate device, by packaging the tunneled information as a payload of a command recognizable by the intermediate device; the intermediate device can repackage and forward the payload. In some embodiments, the tunneled information relates to configuring a wireless link (e.g., a Bluetooth pairing) between the host device and the accessory.

摘要翻译： 主机设备和附件交换信息（例如，命令和数据）经由中间设备。 主机设备和附件可以通过直接有线路径连接到中间设备，并可以与中间设备交换命令和数据。 主机设备和附件还可以通过中间设备将隧道信息相互“隧道传送”，作为可由中间设备识别的命令的有效载荷; 中间设备可以重新包装和转发有效载荷。 在一些实施例中，隧道化信息涉及在主机设备和附件之间配置无线链路（例如，蓝牙配对）。

公开(公告)号：US08230242B2

公开(公告)日：2012-07-24

申请号：US13291537

申请日：2011-11-08

申请人： Shailesh Rathi ,  Lawrence G. Bolton ,  John Ananny ,  Scott Krueger

发明人： Shailesh Rathi ,  Lawrence G. Bolton ,  John Ananny ,  Scott Krueger

IPC分类号： G06F1/00

CPC分类号： H02J7/0068 ,  G06F1/26 ,  H02J2007/006 ,  H02J2007/0062

摘要： Methods, apparatus, and circuits for managing power among portable computing devices and one or more accessories. One example provides commands to improve power management between a portable computing device and one or more accessories. Other examples provide commands that may allow a portable computing device to charge at a maximum available current level while providing an accessory with sufficient current for its proper operation. Another may help prevent a portable computing device from drawing a high level of current that could be detrimental to an accessory, while others provide commands that may allow a battery pack to instruct a portable computing device to not charge its internal battery. Another example may allow a portable computing device to determine which power supply among multiple power supplies should be used to power an accessory, while others may allow an accessory to retrieve charging current parameters from a portable computing device.

摘要翻译： 用于在便携式计算设备和一个或多个附件之间管理电力的方法，设备和电路。 一个示例提供了用于改进便携式计算设备与一个或多个附件之间的电力管理的命令。 其他示例提供可允许便携式计算设备以最大可用电流电平充电的命令，同时为附件提供足够的电流以用于其正常操作。 另一种可能有助于防止便携式计算设备画出可能对附件有害的高电平的电流，而其他提供可允许电池组指示便携式计算设备不对其内部电池充电的命令。 另一个示例可以允许便携式计算设备确定应当使用多个电源之间的哪个电源来为附件提供电力，而其他可以允许附件从便携式计算设备检索充电当前参数。

公开(公告)号：US20120054509A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-01

申请号：US13291537

申请日：2011-11-08

申请人： Shailesh Rathi ,  Lawrence G. Bolton ,  John Ananny ,  Scott Krueger

发明人： Shailesh Rathi ,  Lawrence G. Bolton ,  John Ananny ,  Scott Krueger

IPC分类号： G06F1/26

CPC分类号： H02J7/0068 ,  G06F1/26 ,  H02J2007/006 ,  H02J2007/0062

摘要： Methods, apparatus, and circuits for managing power among portable computing devices and one or more accessories. One example provides commands to improve power management between a portable computing device and one or more accessories. Other examples provide commands that may allow a portable computing device to charge at a maximum available current level while providing an accessory with sufficient current for its proper operation. Another may help prevent a portable computing device from drawing a high level of current that could be detrimental to an accessory, while others provide commands that may allow a battery pack to instruct a portable computing device to not charge its internal battery. Another example may allow a portable computing device to determine which power supply among multiple power supplies should be used to power an accessory, while others may allow an accessory to retrieve charging current parameters from a portable computing device.

摘要翻译： 用于在便携式计算设备和一个或多个附件之间管理电力的方法，设备和电路。 一个示例提供了用于改进便携式计算设备与一个或多个附件之间的电力管理的命令。 其他示例提供可允许便携式计算设备以最大可用电流电平充电的命令，同时为附件提供足够的电流以用于其正常操作。 另一种可能有助于防止便携式计算设备画出可能对附件有害的高电平的电流，而其他提供可允许电池组指示便携式计算设备不对其内部电池充电的命令。 另一个示例可以允许便携式计算设备确定应当使用多个电源之间的哪个电源来为附件提供电力，而其他可以允许附件从便携式计算设备检索充电当前参数。

公开(公告)号：US20100235373A1

公开(公告)日：2010-09-16

申请号：US12720400

申请日：2010-03-09

申请人： Paul Holden ,  Lawrence Bolton ,  Nitin Ganatra ,  Mitchell Adler ,  Emily Clark Schubert ,  Shyam Toprani ,  John Ananny ,  Peter T. Langenfeld ,  Scott Krueger

发明人： Paul Holden ,  Lawrence Bolton ,  Nitin Ganatra ,  Mitchell Adler ,  Emily Clark Schubert ,  Shyam Toprani ,  John Ananny ,  Peter T. Langenfeld ,  Scott Krueger

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： H04M1/0254 ,  G06F13/385 ,  H04M1/72527 ,  H04M1/7253

摘要： Embodiments of the present invention provide various communication techniques for communication between a mobile computing device and an accessory. An accessory protocol that is generic to the mobile computing device can be used for some communication. An application executing at the mobile computing device can communicate with the accessory using an application communication protocol. In some embodiments, the application communication protocol can be different from the accessory communication protocol. In other embodiments the application protocol may only be recognized by the application and the accessory. In some embodiments, messages conforming to an application protocol can be communicated between the application and the accessory by packaging the messages inside a message conforming to the accessory communication protocol.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例提供了用于移动计算设备和附件之间的通信的各种通信技术。 通用于移动计算设备的附件协议可用于一些通信。 在移动计算设备处执行的应用可以使用应用通信协议与附件进行通信。 在一些实施例中，应用通信协议可以不同于附件通信协议。 在其他实施例中，应用协议仅可由应用程序和附件识别。 在一些实施例中，符合应用协议的消息可以通过将消息封装在符合附件通信协议的消息内，在应用和附件之间进行通信。

公开(公告)号：US20100180063A1

公开(公告)日：2010-07-15

申请号：US12690232

申请日：2010-01-20

申请人： John Ananny ,  David S. Fisher ,  Peter Langenfeld ,  Scott Krueger

发明人： John Ananny ,  David S. Fisher ,  Peter Langenfeld ,  Scott Krueger

IPC分类号： G06F13/36 ,  G06F21/04 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： H04L67/2814 ,  H04L67/2871 ,  H04L69/24 ,  H04M1/04 ,  H04M1/6066 ,  H04M1/72575 ,  H04M2250/02 ,  H04W76/12 ,  H04W88/04 ,  H04W92/18

摘要： A host device and an accessory exchange information (e.g., commands and data) via an intermediate device. The host device and accessory can each connect to the intermediate device. The host device can exchange commands and data with the intermediate device, while the accessory device can serially exchange data with the intermediate device. The host device and the accessory can also “tunnel” information to each other through the intermediate device, by packaging the tunneled information as a payload of a command recognizable by the intermediate device; the intermediate device can repackage and forward the payload. In some embodiments, the intermediate device can control serial communication parameters between the intermediate device and the accessory in response to commands received from the host.

摘要翻译： 主机设备和附件交换信息（例如，命令和数据）经由中间设备。 主机设备和附件都可以连接到中间设备。 主设备可以与中间设备交换命令和数据，而附件设备可以与中间设备串行交换数据。 主机设备和附件还可以通过中间设备将隧道信息相互“隧道传送”，作为可由中间设备识别的命令的有效载荷; 中间设备可以重新包装和转发有效载荷。 在一些实施例中，响应于从主机接收到的命令，中间设备可以控制中间设备和附件之间的串行通信参数。

公开(公告)号：US20090182535A1

公开(公告)日：2009-07-16

申请号：US12238755

申请日：2008-09-26

申请人： John Ananny ,  Jesse Dorogusker

发明人： John Ananny ,  Jesse Dorogusker

IPC分类号： G06F15/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/006 ,  G06F11/2221

摘要： Circuits, methods, and apparatus for testing media player accessories. One example includes an accessory validation system including hardware, firmware, and software. This example provides two test modes, referred to a sniff mode and an emulation mode. In the sniff mode, a test box may be inserted between an accessory and a media player. Traffic between the accessory and media player may be monitored and the presence of errors may be determined. In the emulation mode, the accessory validation system hardware emulates a media player. The emulator provides various types of responses to the accessory that would otherwise occur infrequently with an actual media player. The tests to be completed in these modes are compiled based on the category of functions that an accessory maker wishes to claim for the accessory. These category claims are then converted into a number of rules. From these rules, specific tests are generated.

摘要翻译： 用于测试媒体播放器附件的电路，方法和设备。 一个例子包括一个附件验证系统，包括硬件，固件和软件。 该示例提供两种测试模式，称为嗅觉模式和仿真模式。 在嗅觉模式下，可以在附件和媒体播放器之间插入测试盒。 可以监视附件和媒体播放器之间的通信，并且可以确定是否存在错误。 在仿真模式下，附件验证系统硬件模拟媒体播放器。 仿真器提供对附件的各种类型的响应，否则这些应答将与实际的媒体播放器很少发生。 在这些模式下完成的测试根据配件制造商希望为配件要求的功能类别进行编译。 然后将这些类别声明转换成若干规则。 根据这些规则，生成具体的测试。

公开(公告)号：US20060040704A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-23

申请号：US11195440

申请日：2005-08-02

申请人： Oliver Bayley ,  Bernard Kerr ,  Geoffrey Smith ,  James Dishman ,  Mark McCabe ,  John Ananny

发明人： Oliver Bayley ,  Bernard Kerr ,  Geoffrey Smith ,  James Dishman ,  Mark McCabe ,  John Ananny

IPC分类号： H04M1/00 ,  G08B13/14

CPC分类号： H04B5/0037 ,  G06K7/10881 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  H04B5/02 ,  H04M1/274516 ,  H04M1/275 ,  H04M1/72519 ,  H04M1/7253 ,  H04M3/4931 ,  H04M3/4935

摘要： Provided are telecommunications devices and systems which incorporate and use radio frequency (RF) tag technology. Telecommunications devices in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention incorporate RF transceivers (readers) which are configured to read associated RF transponders (tags) in order to automatically dial desired telephone numbers without the need for a manual user interface. Tags in systems in accordance with this embodiment of the present invention may be attached to or incorporated with a myriad of items, including picture frames, consumer products and packaging, advertising and promotional material, electronic business cards, record-keeping systems, etc. Devices and systems in accordance with the present invention have a variety of telephony and non-telephony applications.

公开(公告)号：US08799527B2

公开(公告)日：2014-08-05

申请号：US13607426

申请日：2012-09-07

申请人： Scott Mullins ,  Alexei Kosut ,  Scott Krueger ,  John Ananny

发明人： Scott Mullins ,  Alexei Kosut ,  Scott Krueger ,  John Ananny

IPC分类号： G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G06F13/4286 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F13/4269 ,  H01R24/60 ,  H04M1/0274

摘要： Computer readable storage mediums, electronic devices, and accessories having stored thereon data structures. A data structure includes a pin selection field operable to identify a connector pin and cause a host device to select one of a plurality of communication protocols for communicating with an accessory over the identified connector pin. The data structure also includes an accessory capability field defining an accessory identifier that uniquely identifies the accessory.

摘要翻译： 计算机可读存储介质，电子设备和其上存储有数据结构的附件。 数据结构包括可选择的引脚选择字段，用于识别连接器引脚，并使主机设备选择多个通信协议中的一个，用于通过所识别的连接器引脚与附件通信。 数据结构还包括一个附件能力领域，其定义唯一地标识附件的附件标识符。

公开(公告)号：US20140075067A1

公开(公告)日：2014-03-13

申请号：US13607426

申请日：2012-09-07

申请人： Scott Mullins ,  Alexei Kosut ,  Scott Krueger ,  John Ananny

发明人： Scott Mullins ,  Alexei Kosut ,  Scott Krueger ,  John Ananny

IPC分类号： G06F13/42

CPC分类号： G06F13/4286 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F13/4269 ,  H01R24/60 ,  H04M1/0274

摘要： Computer readable storage mediums, electronic devices, and accessories having stored thereon data structures. A data structure includes a pin selection field operable to identify a connector pin and cause a host device to select one of a plurality of communication protocols for communicating with an accessory over the identified connector pin. The data structure also includes an accessory capability field defining an accessory identifier that uniquely identifies the accessory.

摘要翻译： 计算机可读存储介质，电子设备和其上存储有数据结构的附件。 数据结构包括可选择的引脚选择字段，用于识别连接器引脚，并使主机设备选择多个通信协议中的一个，用于通过所识别的连接器引脚与附件通信。 数据结构还包括一个附件能力领域，其定义唯一地标识附件的附件标识符。