US 12,231,595 B2
Eyewear with customizable notifications
John James Robertson, Los Angeles, CA (US); Andrew Joseph Bartow, Cambridge, MA (US); Samuel Ahn, Marina Del Rey, CA (US); and Matthew Du, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to SNAP INC., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/216,856.
Application 18/216,856 is a continuation of application No. 17/658,586, filed on Apr. 8, 2022, granted, now 11,736,604.
Application 17/658,586 is a continuation of application No. 16/370,219, filed on Mar. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,330,094.
Prior Publication US 2023/0344929 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/20 (2018.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01)
CPC H04M 1/72412 (2021.01) [H04W 4/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
communicating between a first device and a second device over a first protocol comprising an unencrypted connection to transfer a first set of data from the first device to the second device;
receiving from the second device a request to activate notification alerts on the first device; and
switching from the first protocol to a second protocol comprising an encrypted link to enable the first device to communicate with the second device to receive one or more notifications from the second device, the switching comprising switching to an encrypted BLE link layer connection between the first device and the second device in response to receiving the request to activate the notification alerts on the first device.