US 12,256,223 B2
Network access tokens for accessories
Wayne A. Lee, San Francisco, CA (US); Zaka Ur Rehman Ashraf, Pleasanton, CA (US); Daniel R. Borges, San Francisco, CA (US); Kyle C. Brogle, San Francisco, CA (US); Srinivas Rama, Cupertino, CA (US); Benjamin S. Turner, San Francisco, CA (US); Hung Q. Le, Mountain View, CA (US); Devin E Gund, San Francisco, CA (US); Keith W. Rauenbuehler, San Francisco, CA (US); and Praveen Chegondi, Milpitas, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/947,425.
Application 17/947,425 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/789,990, filed on Feb. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,483,708.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/853,531, filed on May 28, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/853,537, filed on May 28, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/828,370, filed on Apr. 2, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/828,372, filed on Apr. 2, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/808,223, filed on Feb. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/808,227, filed on Feb. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0020855 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 12/76 (2021.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); H04W 12/086 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 12/76 (2021.01) [G06F 8/65 (2013.01); H04W 12/086 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining, by a wireless access device, a list of accessory groups corresponding to accessories connected to a network managed by the wireless access device;
identifying, by the wireless access device, at least one firmware update that corresponds to at least one accessory group of the list of accessory groups;
based at least in part on identifying the at least one firmware update, requesting, by the wireless access device, a number of firmware updates larger than the at least one identified firmware update that correspond to the at least one accessory group of the list of accessory groups;
receiving, by the wireless access device and based at least in part on the request, one or more firmware updates that corresponds to at least one of the accessories of the at least one accessory group for which a respective firmware update is available; and
transmitting, by the wireless access device, at least one firmware update of the received one or more firmware updates to at least one corresponding accessory of the at least one accessory group.