Benjamin We Turner

US Patent:

20230020855, Jan 19, 2023

Filed:

Sep 19, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/947425

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Zaka Ur Rehman Ashraf - Pleasanton CA, US
Daniel R. Borges - San Francisco CA, US
Kyle C. Brogle - San Francisco CA, US
Srinivas Rama - Cupertino CA, US
Benjamin S. Turner - San Francisco CA, US
Hung Q. Le - Mountain View CA, US
Devin E. Gund - San Francisco CA, US
Keith W. Rauenbuehler - San Francisco CA, US
Praveen Chegondi - Milpitas CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

H04W 12/76
H04W 12/086
G06F 8/65

Abstract:

A wireless access device can be configured to determine a list of accessory groups corresponding to accessories connected to a network managed by the wireless access device. The wireless access device may also be configured to identify at least one firmware update that corresponds to at least one accessory group of the list of accessory groups and request all firmware updates that correspond to the at least one accessory group. The wireless access device can also be configured to receive one or more firmware updates that corresponds to at least one of the accessories of the at least one accessory group for which a respective firmware update is available and transmit at least one firmware update of the received one or more firmware updates to at least one corresponding accessory of the at least one accessory group.

US Patent:

20200267552, Aug 20, 2020

Filed:

Feb 13, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/789990

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Zaka Ur Rehman Ashraf - Pleasanton CA, US
Daniel R. Borges - San Francisco CA, US
Kyle C. Brogle - San Francisco CA, US
Srinivas Rama - Cupertino CA, US
Benjamin S. Turner - San Francisco CA, US
Hung Q. Le - Mountain View CA, US
Devin E. Gund - San Francisco CA, US
Keith W. Rauenbuehler - San Francisco CA, US
Praveen Chegondi - Milpitas CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

H04W 12/06
H04L 29/06

Abstract:

A controller device within a home network (or any suitable network) can be configured to manage network access tokens for various accessory devices within the home network. These network access tokens can be used by the accessory devices to access the home network without needing the network owner's network password. The network access tokens can be revocable and/or for a limited time. The controller device can generate the network access tokens, and can provide them to the accessory devices (or other user devices) as well as to an access device on the home network. Once the access device is provisioned with the accessory device's network access token, the router can control whether the accessory device is to be granted access to the home network and for how long.