FIG. 8A-8B illustrate status and connection timing diagrams for multiple owner devices and a wireless accessory, according to one embodiment. Mobile devices 102A-102B can operate as owner devices. However, the owner devices are not limited to any specific type of electronic device. The techniques performed by the wireless accessory 201 can be performed by any wireless device or wireless accessory described herein. The wireless accessory 201 is configured with an 15 minute key rotation period and a 15 minute near owner timeout. The mobile devices 102A-102B are configured with 14 minute opportunistic timers. The top portion of the timeline of the wireless accessory 201 indicates the status of the maintained bit 503 that is broadcast in the status field S1 of the near owner advertisement packet 501 that is broadcast by the wireless accessory 201.
As shown in FIG. 8A, mobile device 102A can connect (802) at the two minute mark. If the wireless accessory 201 is in wild mode, the mobile device 102A can place the wireless accessory 201 into near owner mode to establish the connection. For the duration of the connection, and for 15 minutes after disconnection, the wireless accessory 201 will remain in near owner mode. For the duration of the connection, and until the next key rotation, the wireless accessory will set the maintained bit in the status field of the advertisement packet. When a timer event occurs on mobile device 102B at 14 minutes, no connection (804) is performed by the mobile device 102B because the maintained bit is set in the near owner advertisement.
