In FIG. 9A-9B, the upper portion of the timeline of the wireless accessory 201 indicates the status of the maintained bit, while the lower portion indicates whether the wireless accessory 201 is in near owner mode. As shown in FIG. 9A, the near owner timeout of 20 minutes, with opportunistic 18 minute timers, enables the wireless accessory 201 to be consistently maintained in near owner mode by mobile devices 102A-102B. Mobile device 102A can connect (902, 906, 910) at 1 minute, 10 minutes, and 37 minutes respectively. No connection (914), is performed at 55 minutes as the wireless accessory 201 was maintained by mobile device 102B by a connection (912) at 46 minutes. No maintenance connection (904, 908) is established at 8 minutes and 27 minutes by mobile device 102B because to the wireless accessory 201 was maintained beforehand by mobile device 102A during the respective key rotation periods.
