Patent ID: 8347014
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for use in a mobile computing device communicably coupled with an accessory, wherein the mobile computing device is associated with a target device class, the target device class being one of a plurality of predefined device classes, the method comprising: receiving, by the mobile computing device, test result information about the accessory, the test result information indicating a test result for each of a plurality of device models, wherein different ones of the device models are associated with different ones of the predefined device classes, and wherein at least one of the predefined device classes has more than one of the device models associated therewith; determining, by the mobile computing device, whether the accessory is deemed to be compatible with the mobile computing device, wherein the determination is based at least in part on whether the received test result information indicates a pass result for at least one of the device models associated with the target device class; and generating, by the mobile computing device, a warning in the event that the accessory is not deemed to be compatible with the mobile computing device.