US Patent Issued to Apple on May 26 for "Managing permissions for different wireless devices to control a common host device" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,416, issued on May 26, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Managing permissions for different wireless devices to control a common host device" was invented by Bob Bradley (San Jose, Calif.), William M. Bumgarner (San Jose, Calif.), Vijay Sundaram (San Ramon, Calif.) and Marc J. Krochmal (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a technique for managing permissions associated with the control of a host device that are provided to a group of wireless devices. The host device is configured to pair with a first wireless device. In response to pairing with the first wireless device, the host devi...