Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Unified message delivery between portable electronic devices
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Application No.: US15265696Application Date: 2016-09-14
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Publication No.: US10064026B2Publication Date: 2018-08-28
- Inventor: Daniel B. Pollack , Pierre Jonathan De Filippis , Hyeonkuk Jeong , Berkat S. Tung , Yan Yang , Gobind Johar , Justin Wood , Roberto Garcia , Gokul Thirumalai
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04W4/12 ; H04W40/02 ; H04W4/80 ; H04L12/707 ; H04L12/703 ; H04L12/58 ; H04W84/12 ; H04W76/11 ; H04W76/15 ; H04W88/04 ; H04L29/08 ; H04W76/02

Abstract:
A unified message delivery between multiple devices is disclosed. Sending messages through a local communications link, such as but not limited to at least one of a Bluetooth connection and a peer-to-peer WiFi connection, can lead to faster transmission times and reduced server load. When the local communications link is unavailable or not suitable, the messages can be sent through a network and a push server. In some examples, messages can be sent through both the local communications link and through the network and the push server. Duplicates of a received message can be avoided by utilizing indicators. In some examples, one or more devices can include queue(s) to ensure ordered delivery of a plurality of messages when a local communications link and network connection become unavailable.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170006441A1 UNIFIED MESSAGE DELIVERY BETWEEN PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES Public/Granted day:2017-01-05
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