Switching between watches

• US 10,194,014 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2018
• Issued: 01/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Donley, David C., Poumailloux, Julien A., De Filippis, Pierre J., Hawkins, Tyler D., Dooley, Craig P., Pollack, Daniel B., Grandy, James C., Novick, Gregory B., Shortlidge, Todd A., Pahwa, Aroon, Wilson, David T., Yang, Yan, Circosta, Nicholas Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): Rachedine, Mohammed
• Application Number:
  US15/882,880
• Publication Number:
  US 20180191886A1
• Time in Patent Office: 365 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/445 by mutual authentication, e.g. between devices or programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2107 File encryption
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/6018 Subscriber or terminal logon/logoff
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/6054 Biometric subscriber identification
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0025 synchronizing potentially movable access points
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for allowing a user to switch between watches that have been paired with a device such as a smartphone are described. In one embodiment, the watches automatically detect a removal of a first watch from a user'"'"'s wrist and an attachment of a second watch to the user'"'"'s wrist. Messages from the watches are transmitted to the device to allow the device to switch the active watch from the first watch to the second watch. The switch can occur while the device is in a locked state, and the device can synchronize the second watch with data received from the first watch. Other embodiments are also described.

Claims

1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing executable program instructions which when executed by a data processing system cause the data processing system to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at a companion device, data from a first paired device that is paired with the companion device, the first paired device being an active paired device when the data is received;

storing received data in a first store of the companion device, wherein once the data is stored in the first store, the data cannot be accessed when the companion device is locked; and

storing the received data in a second store of the companion device, the received data in the second store for use in synchronizing a second paired device with the companion device when the second paired device becomes the active paired device and the first paired device is no longer the active paired device.

2. The non-transitory machine-readable medium as in claim 1, the operations further comprising:

transmitting at least a portion of the data in the second store to the second paired device in response to the second paired device becoming the active paired device.

3. The non-transitory machine-readable medium as in claim 2, wherein the second paired device decrypts the portion of the data in response to unlocking the second paired device.

4. The non-transitory machine-readable medium as in claim 2, wherein the first paired device is a first watch that is treated as an active paired watch when the data is received and wherein the first store and the second store are different databases.

5. The non-transitory machine-readable medium as in claim 4, wherein the data comprises health data and wherein the second paired device is a second watch and the companion device is one of either a smartphone or a tablet computer.

6. The non-transitory machine-readable medium as in claim 5, wherein the first paired device transmits its wrist state when it is the active paired device and the second paired device transmits its wrist state in a Bluetooth advertisement message.

7. The non-transitory machine-readable medium as in claim 6, wherein the data is stored in the first store in an encrypted state.

8. The non-transitory machine-readable medium as in claim 7, wherein when the companion device is unlocked from a locked state, the health data in the second store is updated with at least synchronization anchors for use in synchronizing inactive watches.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable medium as in claim 7, wherein the health data in the second store does not include synchronization anchors.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium as in claim 7, wherein access to data in the first store is prevented when the companion device is locked by discarding a key used to decrypt the data.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium as in claim 7, wherein the companion device is locked when the data is stored in the second store and when the at least a portion of the data in the second store is transmitted to the second paired device.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium as in claim 11, wherein the companion device is unlocked from a locked state by a user'"'"'s security input, which is one of:

a password;

a numeric passcode;

a 2-D gesture on a touch screen;

or a biometric input.

13. A data processing system comprising:

a non-transitory machine readable medium to store instructions;

one or more processors to execute the instructions, the instructions to cause the one or more processors to;

receive, at a companion device, data from a first paired device that is paired with the companion device, wherein the first paired device is an active paired device when the data is received;

store received data in a first store of the companion device, wherein once the data is stored in the first store, the data cannot be accessed when the companion device is locked; and

store the received data in a second store of the companion device, the received data in the second store for use to synchronize a second paired device with the companion device when the second paired device becomes the active paired device and the first paired device is no longer the active paired device.

14. The data processing system as in claim 13, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

transmit at least a portion of the data in the second store to the second paired device when the second paired device becomes the active paired device, wherein the second paired device is to decrypt the portion of the data in response to an unlock of the second paired device.

15. The data processing system as in claim 14, wherein the first paired device is a first watch that is treated as an active paired watch when the data is received and the first store and the second store are different databases.

16. The data processing system as in claim 15 wherein the data comprises health data, the second paired device is a second watch and the companion device is one of either a smartphone or a tablet computer, and the first paired device transmits its wrist state when it is the active paired device and the second paired device transmits its wrist state in a Bluetooth advertisement message.

17. The data processing system as in claim 16, wherein the data is stored in the first store in an encrypted state.

18. The data processing system as in claim 17, wherein when the companion device is unlocked from a locked state, the health data in the second store is updated with at least synchronization anchors for use in synchronizing inactive watches.

19. The data processing system as in claim 17, wherein the health data in the second store does not include synchronization anchors.

20. The data processing system as in claim 17, wherein access to data in the first store is prevented when the companion device is locked by discarding a key used to decrypt the data.

21. The data processing system as in claim 17, wherein the companion device is locked when the data is stored in the second store and when the at least a portion of the data in the second store is transmitted to the second paired device.

22. The data processing system as in claim 21, wherein the companion device is unlocked from a locked state by a user'"'"'s security input, which is one of:

a password;

a numeric passcode;

a 2-D gesture on a touch screen;

or a biometric input.