US Patent Application 18332503. MAINTENANCE OF WIRELESS DEVICES simplified abstract

MAINTENANCE OF WIRELESS DEVICES

Inventors

Kenneth U. Victa of Cupertino CA (US)

Benjamin A. Detwiler of Menlo Park CA (US)

Nikhil Nilakantan of Cupertino CA (US)

Todd Wheeler of San Jose CA (US)

Robert W. Mayor of Half Moon Bay CA (US)

Brent M. Ledvina of San Francisco CA (US)

E. Thomas Erdmann, Iv of San Francisco CA (US)

Sriram Hariharan of San Jose CA (US)

MAINTENANCE OF WIRELESS DEVICES - A simplified explanation of the abstract

• This abstract for appeared for patent application number 18332503 Titled 'MAINTENANCE OF WIRELESS DEVICES'

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a system where wireless devices and accessories that cannot connect to a network independently can be detected by other network-connected devices. These devices can then report the location of the detected device to a device location service. The wireless devices and accessories rely on nearby owner devices to perform periodic maintenance as they do not have their own network connections. The abstract introduces systems, methods, and associated devices that allow multiple owner devices to maintain a locatable wireless device.

Original Abstract Submitted

The presence of a wireless device and/or accessory that cannot maintain an independent network connection can be detected by network connected wireless devices and the location of the detected device and/or accessory can be reported to a device location service. As the wireless devices and/or accessories do not have independent network connections, periodic maintenance is performed on those devices by nearby owner devices to which the wireless devices and/or accessories are paired or associated. Described herein are systems, methods, and associated devices to maintain a locatable wireless device by a set of multiple owner devices for that wireless device.