US 11,741,210 B2
Proximity unlock and lock operations for electronic devices
Robert R. Ulrich, San Jose, CA (US); Jean-Pierre Cuidad, San Jose, CA (US); Kevin N. Armstrong, San Jose, CA (US); Andreas W. Wendker, San Jose, CA (US); Craig M. Federighi, San Jose, CA (US); and Steve S. Ko, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/350,632.
Application 15/998,850 is a division of application No. 14/586,528, filed on Dec. 30, 2014, granted, now 10,055,567, issued on Aug. 21, 2018.
Application 17/350,632 is a continuation of application No. 16/752,237, filed on Jan. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,055,392.
Application 16/752,237 is a continuation of application No. 15/998,850, filed on Aug. 17, 2018, granted, now 10,546,113, issued on Jan. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/005,758, filed on May 30, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0312029 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/34 (2013.01); G06F 21/35 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/34 (2013.01) [G06F 21/35 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a first electronic device, the method comprising:
broadcasting an advertisement message;
receiving a connection request from a second electronic device in response to the advertisement message;
determining the second electronic device is an authorized device, wherein the determining comprises decrypting information in the connection request using a key acquired during a preliminary pairing operation between the first electronic device and the second electronic device using a service provider electronic device communicatively coupled to the first electronic device and the second electronic device through the Internet;
determining the second electronic device is within a proximity of the first electronic device based at least in part on a measurement of a signal generated by the second electronic device; and
transitioning the first electronic device from a first operating state to a second operating state based at least in part on the determination that the second electronic device is an authorized device and the determination that the second electronic device is within the proximity of the first electronic device.