US 11,985,713 B2
In-vehicle wireless communication
Daniel R. Borges, San Francisco, CA (US); Sriram Hariharan, San Jose, CA (US); Matthew L. Semersky, San Jose, CA (US); Michael J. Giles, San Jose, CA (US); Andre M. Boule, San Jose, CA (US); Brian D. Pietsch, Foster City, CA (US); Artiom Shamis, San Jose, CA (US); Ganesha Adkasthala Ganapathi Bata, San Jose, CA (US); Christopher R. Whitney, Mountain View, CA (US); Tanya G. Kancheva, Mountain View, CA (US); and Friedrich W. Drees, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on May 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/661,740.
Application 17/661,740 is a continuation of application No. 16/579,655, filed on Sep. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,324,054.
Application 16/579,655 is a continuation of application No. 15/883,584, filed on Jan. 30, 2018, granted, now 10,425,976, issued on Sep. 24, 2019.
Application 15/883,584 is a continuation of application No. 15/017,523, filed on Feb. 5, 2016, granted, now 9,888,501, issued on Feb. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/113,493, filed on Feb. 8, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0338277 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01); H04W 4/48 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/10 (2018.02) [H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); H04W 4/48 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01); H04W 48/08 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for enabling a computing device to communicate with a vehicle accessory system, the method comprising, at the computing device:
determining, via a Bluetooth communication protocol, that the vehicle accessory system supports a streaming connection;
establishing a Wi-Fi connection with the vehicle accessory system using at least one Wi-Fi parameter obtained via a Bluetooth connection with the vehicle accessory system;
determining whether to maintain the Bluetooth connection with the vehicle accessory system in addition to the Wi-Fi connection based on an operating radio frequency band associated with the Wi-Fi connection; and
wirelessly streaming data to the vehicle accessory system via the Wi-Fi connection.