Did Apple infringe Xiaomi's patent?

Not long ago, Apple just released an "AirTag" product, which is mainly to help users track all kinds of items more conveniently, and can also be used to prevent the elderly and children from losing them. Its function is relatively simple, but it has caused a lot of repercussions in the market. Recently, a patent of Xiaomi named "Method and Configuration of Finding Items" was exposed on the Internet and was granted a patent on June 25th.

According to the description of the patent, the patent is mainly a method and a device for finding articles. Through this device, users can find what they need to find faster without trying to recall or rummage, which brings a lot of convenience to users' lives.

The specific workflow is to obtain the identification information of the items to be searched, compare the identification information with the pre-stored identification information in the database, and display the storage location of the items to be searched after successful matching. To put it simply, Xiaomi's patent is similar to Apple's "AirTag" in function, but due to its own product positioning, Xiaomi's version of "AirTag" should be cheaper.