Maintenance of wireless devices
摘要
說(shuō)明書
As described above, when there is a single owner device associated with an online account, that device bears the responsibility of performing near owner maintenance on wireless accessories to prevent those accessories from transitioning into wild mode while in the presence of the owner device. The owner device can configure the near owner timeout for a wireless accessory during a secure connection with the accessory. Upon disconnection, the accessory will begin counting down from the configured timeout and will transition to wild mode when the countdown reaches zero. The owner device can re-connect to the wireless accessory before the countdown reaches zero to prevent the transition to wild mode.
When a user has multiple devices associated with an online account, any of those devices can be configured to perform near owner maintenance. This functionality is useful in the case where a wireless accessory is left at home with, for example, a tablet computer device, when the user leaves home with a smartphone device. Additionally, where wireless accessories are shared between users, cryptographic material can be shared between the accounts of those users to enable devices of the recipient of a shared accessory to connect with the accessory. The recipient of the shared accessory can then perform near owner maintenance on the accessory when the accessory is within wireless range.
