Non-Waking Maintenance of Near Owner State: abstract simplified (18050887)

• This abstract for appeared for patent application number 18050887 Titled 'Non-Waking Maintenance of Near Owner State'

Simplified Explanation

This abstract describes a mobile electronic device that can scan for a beacon advertisement broadcast by a wireless device nearby. It can detect the advertisement, retrieve an identifier from it, and compare it to expected identifiers. Based on the result, it can send a timer reset packet and an authorization token to the wireless device, allowing a wireless accessory to remain in near-owner mode. The device can then go to sleep for a set period of time.

Original Abstract Submitted

Embodiments described herein provide for a mobile electronic device including a a wireless network interface coupled to a bus, a memory device coupled to the bus, and one or more processors coupled to the bus, the one or more processors to execute instructions to perform a scan, via the wireless network interface, for a beacon advertisement that is broadcast by a wireless device within range of the wireless network interface, detect the beacon advertisement broadcast by the wireless device, retrieve an identifier broadcast within the beacon advertisement, based on a result of a comparison between the identifier to at least one expected identifier, selectively send a timer reset packet to the wireless device and an authorization token for the wireless accessory to remain in near-owner mode, and allow the one or more processors to sleep for a predetermined time.