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Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 13, 2015
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventor:

Scott Ryder, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1074 (2013.01); G06F 9/4856 (2013.01); G06F 9/5072 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 43/08 (2013.01); H04L 67/1095 (2013.01); H04L 67/104 (2013.01);
Abstract

This is directed to providing access to content stored on a personal cloud. In particular, a personal cloud can be constructed by sharing the resources of several devices owned by a user and by other users trusted by the user. To add a device to a personal cloud, the device can identify its owner to a librarian, which can provide addressing information for other devices forming a cloud on behalf of the owner. The new device can establish a communications path with the other devices, and configure itself based on the services or data required for the personal cloud (e.g., as determined from communications with the other devices). Services operating on individual devices of the personal cloud can migrate dynamically and automatically to ensure that a user can remove a device from the personal cloud at will without adversely affecting the operation of the personal cloud.


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