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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Keith Stattenfield, Cupertino, CA (US);
Douglas R. Edmonson, Cupertino, CA (US);
Marc Krochmal, Cupertino, CA (US);
John J. Iarocci, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kevin S. Perry, Cupertino, CA (US);
David Rahardja, Cupertino, CA (US);
Christopher S. Linn, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A device may comprise at least one wireless transceiver, a memory configured to store a local pasteboard, and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive local selections of data to be placed on a local pasteboard, broadcast advertisements indicating that the local data is on the local pasteboard, and wirelessly transmit the local data to remote device pasteboards. The processor may also be configured to receive advertisements indicating that remote data is available on remote pasteboards of other devices, request the remote data in response to a paste command, wirelessly receive the remote data, and paste the remote data.