US 10,241,936 B2 · Method for actively connecting to and communicating with apple device and apple device attachment

Abstract

A method for actively initiating a connection to and communicating with an Apple device via USB, relating to the field of communications, and comprising: an Apple device attachment, when detecting access by a USB device, determines whether the accessing USB device is an Apple device (S1); the Apple device attachment establishes a device address for the Apple device (S2); the Apple device attachment acquires the current communication protocol setup of the Apple device, and determines whether the current communication protocol configuration of the Apple device is a preset configuration (S3); the Apple device attachment sets the current communication protocol configuration of the Apple device as the preset configuration (S4); the Apple device attachment notifies the Apple device to register the Apple device attachment to the Apple device (S5); the Apple device attachment establishes a connection with the Apple device (S6); the Apple device attachment periodically queries whether communication data has been sent by the Apple device, and when detecting communication data has been sent by the Apple device, receiving the communication data sent by the Apple device and implementing communication with the Apple device (S7). The present method can actively initiate a connection with an Apple device without using an Apple authentication chip, acting as a primary device implementing communication with the Apple device.

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Dependent claims

A method for connecting initiatively to and communicating with an iOS device, wherein said method comprises the following steps:

S1) determining, by an iOS accessory, whether a USB device which is connected to the iOS accessory is an iOS device when the iOS accessory detects that the USB device is connected to the iOS accessory, if yes, setting a device address for the iOS device, and going to Step S2;
otherwise, going back to Step S1;
S2) obtaining, by the iOS accessory, a current communications protocol configuration of the iOS device, and determining whether the current communications protocol configuration of the iOS device is a preset configuration, if yes, going to Step S3;
otherwise, setting the current communications protocol configuration of the iOS device as the preset configuration, and going to Step S3;
S3) notifying, by the iOS accessory, the iOS device to register the iOS accessory with the iOS device, and building a connection with the iOS device;
and
S4) inquiring regularly, by the iOS accessory, whether any communication data sent from the iOS device exists, receiving the communication data sent from the iOS device in the case that the communication data sent from the iOS device is inquired, and communicating with the iOS device.

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An iOS accessory, wherein said accessory comprises:

a detecting and determining module which is configured to determine whether a connected USB device is an iOS device when the module detects a USB device is connected to the iOS accessory, and to set a device address for the iOS device in the case that the connected USB device is an iOS device;
an obtaining and determining module which is configured to obtain a current communications protocol configuration of the iOS device, and to determine whether the current communications protocol configuration of the iOS device is a preset configuration, and to set the current communications protocol configuration of the iOS device as the preset configuration in the case that the current communications protocol configuration of the iOS device is not the preset configuration;
a registering and connecting module which is configured to notify the iOS device to register the iOS accessory with the iOS device, and to build a connection between the iOS accessory and the iOS device;
and
an inquiring and communicating module which is configured to inquire regularly whether any communication data sent from the iOS device exists, and to receive the communication data sent from the iOS device in the case that the module determines that there exists communication data sent from the iOS device, and to communicate with the iOS device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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