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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2019
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Nicholas J. Circosta, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alejandro A. Rodriguez, Saratoga, CA (US);
Bob Bradley, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel B. Pollack, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
This application relates to techniques for anonymously establishing a secure communication session with a wireless client. A described method, performed by an anonymous wireless host, includes advertising a service implemented by the anonymous wireless host as available over a wireless network, receiving an invitation to establish the secure communication session with the wireless client, transmitting an acceptance of the invitation to the wireless client, and establishing the secure communication session over a communication channel. The invitation is received from the wireless client and the acceptance is transmitted to the wireless client via a broadcast address or a multicast address associated with the wireless network. The secure communication session is used to exchange encrypted data between the service and the wireless client.