The present invention is illustrated by way of example and not limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings in which like references indicate similar elements, and in which:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a network operating environment for mobile devices, according to an embodiment;
FIG. 2 illustrates a system to locate a wireless accessory that lacks access to a wide area network, according to an embodiment;
FIG. 3 illustrates a system for pairing and locating a wireless accessory, according to embodiments described herein;
FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of a process of entering a near owner state to perform near owner maintenance at a secondary device;
FIG. 5 illustrates advertisement beacon packets for a wireless accessory;
FIG. 6 illustrates a method of operation on a wireless accessory to transition from near owner advertisement mode to wild advertisement mode;
FIG. 7 illustrates a system to enable near owner maintenance using multiple devices;
FIG. 8A-8B illustrate status and connection timing diagrams for multiple owner devices and a wireless accessory;
FIG. 9A-9B illustrate status and connection timing diagrams for multiple owner devices and a wireless accessory, according to an additional embodiment;