US 12,328,157 B1
Band identifier system for wearable devices
Daniel J. Hiemstra, San Jose, CA (US); Tengxing Wang, Foster City, CA (US); Erik G. De Jong, San Francisco, CA (US); Zaki Moustafa, Palo Alto, CA (US); Xinping Zeng, San Jose, CA (US); Vincent Chauvin, San Francisco, CA (US); and Osamu Yabe, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/590,846.
Application 18/590,846 is a continuation of application No. 18/132,895, filed on Apr. 10, 2023, granted, now 11,949,466.
Application 18/132,895 is a continuation of application No. 17/883,421, filed on Aug. 8, 2022, granted, now 11,652,509, issued on May 16, 2023.
Application 17/883,421 is a continuation of application No. 17/200,660, filed on Mar. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,611,372, issued on Mar. 21, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/992,076, filed on Mar. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/989,527, filed on Mar. 13, 2020.
Int. Cl. H04B 5/70 (2024.01); A44C 5/00 (2006.01); G04G 17/04 (2006.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); H04B 5/26 (2024.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC H04B 5/70 (2024.01) [A44C 5/00 (2013.01); A44C 5/0007 (2013.01); G04G 17/04 (2013.01); H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); H01Q 7/00 (2013.01); H04B 5/26 (2024.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable electronic device, comprising:
a housing;
processing circuitry disposed within the housing;
a recess on an edge of the housing; and
a near-field communications module mounted within the housing adjacent to the recess, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:
obtain, using the near-field communications module, an identifier of a band having a portion in the recess, the band configured to secure the housing to a user; and
modify one or more features of the wearable electronic device based on the identifier of the band.