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Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2014
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kerstin Johnsson, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Alexandre S. Stojanovski, Paris, FR;

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1061 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 92/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

The techniques introduced here provide for network assisted device-to-device communication for peer-to-peer applications. The techniques include registering a user's peer-to-peer application identifier with a peer-to-peer application server, registering a user's peer-to-peer application ID with a device-to-device server, sending a peer-to-peer service request to the peer-to-peer application server, and receiving network assistance in discovering a peer with the desired P2P content/service and establishing a device-to-device communication arrangement for exchange of peer-to-peer services. The network assistance is provided over the user plane.


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