MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202418090246 A) filed by Apple Inc. on November 20, 2024, for Locating Electronic Devices And Associated Wireless Accessories.

Inventors include Lopatin, Scott; Lalande, Emmanuel; Lu, Lawrence T.; Mayor, Robert W.; Movva, Siva Ganesh; Pai, Raghunandan K. Number; Poonia, Munish K.; Rochette, Tommy; Schaevitz, Sam Filed On; Sierra, Yannick L.; Suparna, Navin Bindiganavile; and Wasada, Langford.

The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for system and methods to crowdsource the location of wireless devices and accessories that lack a connection to a wide area n...