Patents by Inventor Ping-Ko Chiu

Ping-Ko Chiu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Pairing Groups of Accessories
    Publication number: 20230379994
    Abstract: Embodiments that relate to pairing and finding a group of accessory devices are described. In an embodiment, a pairing status is received from a first accessory device, a request is sent to the first accessory device for information on a number of accessory devices in a device group and a number of accessory devices that are proximate to the first accessory device in the device group, information on a second accessory device in the device group is received, a continue pairing message is sent to the second accessory device if the second accessory device is proximate, and a device group profile is created with information on the number of parts and received information on the second accessory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Siva Ganesh Movva, Tunc Ertan, Ariane Cotte, Kerry Nguyen, Anita Desai, Steven Douglas Laver, Brent Ledvina, Kenneth U. Victa, Ping-Ko Chiu, Michal Adam Kaluzny, Soujanya A. Kedilaya, Benjamin A. Werner
  • Pairing Groups of Accessories
    Publication number: 20220394428
    Abstract: Embodiments that relate to pairing and finding a group of accessory devices are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Siva Ganesh Movva, Tunc Ertan, Ariane Cotte, Kerry Nguyen, Anita Desai, Steven Douglas Laver, Brent Ledvina, Kenneth U. Victa, Ping-Ko Chiu, Michal Adam Kaluzny
  • Context-based disabling wireless radios while on an airplane
    Patent number: 11304033
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device comprising a set of classifiers that can determine whether the electronic device is likely on an airplane. Upon a determination that the electronic device is likely on an airplane, one or more wireless radios on the electronic device (e.g., an ultra-wideband ranging radio, a cellular radio, etc.) may be disabled or a prompt can be displayed to enable a user to place the device into airplane mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ping-Ko Chiu, Benjamin A. Detwiler, Stephen P. Jackson, Robert W. Mayor
  • CONTEXT-BASED DISABLING WIRELESS RADIOS WHILE ON AN AIRPLANE
    Publication number: 20210099839
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device comprising a set of classifiers that can determine whether the electronic device is likely on an airplane. Upon a determination that the electronic device is likely on an airplane, one or more wireless radios on the electronic device (e.g., an ultra-wideband ranging radio, a cellular radio, etc.) may be disabled or a prompt can be displayed to enable a user to place the device into airplane mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Ping-Ko Chiu, Benjamin A. Detwiler, Stephen P. Jackson, Robert W. Mayor