Non-Waking Maintenance of Near Owner State

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Non-Waking Maintenance of Near Owner State - A simplified explanation of the abstract

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 nearby wireless device. The device can detect the advertisement, retrieve an identifier from it, and compare it to expected identifiers. Based on the result of this comparison, the device can send a timer reset packet and an authorization token to the wireless device, allowing a wireless accessory to remain in near-owner mode. After performing these actions, the device can go into sleep mode for a set amount 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.

US Patent Application 18050887. Non-Waking Maintenance of Near Owner State simplified abstract

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Non-Waking Maintenance of Near Owner State

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