Patent ID: 11914537
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a user device, first information about a first hub device of a plurality of hub devices configured to transmit various control instructions to an accessory and second information about a second hub device of the plurality of hub devices configured to transmit the various control instructions to the accessory;
receiving, by the user device, a connection request from the accessory;
receiving, from the accessory, accessory attribute information;
comparing, by the user device, the accessory attribute information of the accessory against the first information about the first hub device and the second information about the second hub device, the first information comprising a first number of available connection slots of the first hub device, and the second information comprising a second number of available slots of the second hub device;
determining, based at least in part on the comparison, whether the accessory is to connect to the first hub device or the second hub device; and
in accordance with a determination that the accessory is to connect to the first hub device, providing instructions to the first hub device to connect to the accessory.