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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2012
Michael R. Sweet, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Ryan W. Palumbo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steve Swen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Richard Blanchard, Jr., Sonoma, CA (US);
Baskaran Subramaniam, San Jose, CA (US);
Howard A. Miller, Saratoga, CA (US);
Michael R. Sweet, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Ryan W. Palumbo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steve Swen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Richard Blanchard, Jr., Sonoma, CA (US);
Baskaran Subramaniam, San Jose, CA (US);
Howard A. Miller, Saratoga, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that performs document scanning. The system includes a scanner and a computing device. To enable detection of the computing device in proximity to the scanner, the computing device may be configured to advertise a scan-receiving capability using a discovery protocol. Next, the scanner may use the discovery protocol to identify a set of computing devices in proximity to the scanner, including the computing device. The scanner may then provide the set of computing devices to a user of the scanner and obtain, from the user of the scanner, a selection of the computing device as a recipient of the scanned document. Finally, the scanner may send the scanned document to the computing device over a network connection with the computing device.