ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,919, issued on April 21, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Initial accessory setup" was invented by Anshul Jain (San Diego), Craig M. Federighi (Los Altos Hills, Calif.), Andreas I. Gal (Portola Valley, Calif.), Jared S. Grubb (Seattle), Arun G. Mathias (Los Altos, Calif.), Anush G. Nadathur (San Jose, Calif.), Philip W. Schiller (Half Moon Bay, Calif.) and Justin N. Wood (Los Altos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some techniques are described herein for initially setting up an accessory with a controller. Such techniques have a setup component of a controller establish a relationship with the accessory and fac...