Apple has been granted a patent for “User Interfaces for Setting Up An Electronic Device.”
About the patent
According to the patent, in some circumstances, an output device (e.g., an audio output device, such as a smart speaker) can operate as an output device for the first electronic device (e.g., set-top box), and in some circumstances, the first electronic device can be setup with settings values associated with a user profile.
Apple says that enhancing the processes for setting an output device for the first electronic device and/or populating settings values for the first electronic device improve a user’s experience with the first electronic device and decreases user interaction time, which is particularly important where input devices are battery-operated.
Some method of the patent are directed to ways to facilitate associating an output device with the first electronic device using a second electronic device. Others are directed to ways to add an additional user to the first electronic device using a second electronic device.
And in setting up devices, Apple says that “personally identifiable information data should be managed and handled so as to minimize risks of unintentional or unauthorized access or use, and the nature of authorized use should be clearly indicated to users.”
Summary of the patent
Here’s Apple’s abstract of the patent filing: “In some embodiments a second electronic device with which an output device is associated facilitates associating the output device with a first electronic device. In some embodiments, a second electronic device that is associated with an additional user facilitates associating the additional user with a first electronic device.”
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