US 12,245,327 B2
Dynamic controller selection for a local area network
Avinash Reddy Singireddy, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Anjali S. Sandesara, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Sergey Chemishkian, San Jose, CA (US); Yilok L. Wong, Mountain View, CA (US); Bob Bradley, San Jose, CA (US); and Michael Giles, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/369,126.
Application 18/369,126 is a continuation of application No. 17/483,742, filed on Sep. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,805,401.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/082,435, filed on Sep. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0007839 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/005 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by an electronic device of a local area network, a user request to provide an instruction to an accessory device;
determining, by the electronic device, a connectivity metric value with respect to the accessory device;
determining, by the electronic device, whether the electronic device or another electronic device will provide the instruction to the accessory device based at least in part on the connectivity metric and another connectivity metric of the other electronic device;
when the electronic device determines that the electronic device will provide the instruction to the accessory device, providing, by the electronic device, the instruction for transmission to the accessory device; and
when the electronic device determines that the other electronic device will provide the instruction to the accessory device, foregoing, by the electronic device, the providing of the instruction for transmission to the accessory device.