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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Darryl N. Bleau, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeffrey T. Davey, Cupertino, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The described embodiments perform operations to enable access to services provided by applications executing on service providing devices by applications executing in service requesting devices. In the described embodiments, a service providing device executes a 'dispatcher' system service that performs operations for interfacing between service-providing applications and service requesting devices. For example, the dispatcher application performs operations for advertising the availability of services on the service providing device and for proxying communication between the service and service requesting devices. In addition, service requesting devices execute a 'forwarder' system service that performs operations for interfacing between service-requesting applications and service providing devices. For example, the forwarder application performs operations for recognizing when applications are to access services, selecting an available service for an application to access, and for proxying communication between the application and a service providing device.