Invention Application
- Patent Title: UNIFIED MESSAGE DELIVERY BETWEEN PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES
- Patent Title (中): 便携式电子设备之间的统一消息传递
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Application No.: US15265696Application Date: 2016-09-14
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Publication No.: US20170006441A1Publication Date: 2017-01-05
- 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.
- Main IPC: H04W4/12
- IPC: H04W4/12 ; H04L12/58 ; H04W4/00

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
- US10064026B2 Unified message delivery between portable electronic devices Public/Granted day:2018-08-28
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