Apple inc. (20250088834). Direct Acquisition of UWB Ranging Triggers Over Both Bluetooth and Internet

Direct Acquisition of UWB Ranging Triggers Over Both Bluetooth and Internet

Organization Name

apple inc.

Inventor(s)

Vignesh Babu Moorthy of San Jose CA (US)

Andy Wagner of Cupertino CA (US)

Michelle Julia Ng of San Francisco CA (US)

Qiang Chen of Fremont CA (US)

Richard Ong of San Francisco CA (US)

Robert W. Brumley of San Jose CA (US)

Robert Golshan of San Francisco CA (US)

Yann Ly-gagnon of San Francisco CA (US)

Direct Acquisition of UWB Ranging Triggers Over Both Bluetooth and Internet

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250088834 titled 'Direct Acquisition of UWB Ranging Triggers Over Both Bluetooth and Internet

Original Abstract Submitted

an apparatus configured to initiate an operation to locate a target device, generate, for transmission to the target device, bluetooth discovery signals for detecting a proximity of the target device, generate, for transmission to the target device at substantially a same time as the bluetooth discovery signals, a discovery message via a network connection, detect a bluetooth discovery response or a response to the discovery message from the target device and trigger an ultra-wideband (uwb) ranging operation based on detection of the bluetooth discovery response or response to the discovery message.