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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Joe S. Abuan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ian J. Baird, San Jose, CA (US);
Xiaosong Zhou, Campbell, CA (US);
Christopher M. Garrido, San Jose, CA (US);
Dazhong Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Keith W. Rauenbuehler, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yan Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Patrick Miauton, Redwood City, CA (US);
Eric L. Chien, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Berkat S. Tung, San Jose, CA (US);
Karthick Santhanam, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A device implementing the subject technology may include at least one processor configured to transmit an allocation request requesting allocation of a group communication session with a plurality of devices and receive an allocation response in response to the allocation request, the allocation response including credential information for the device to use to join the group communication session. The at least one processor may be further configured to transmit an allocation bind request with the credential information to join the group communication session using the credential information and receive an allocation bind success response in response to the allocation bind request, the allocation bind success response indicating that the device has joined the group communication session. The at least one processor may be further configured to provide a join notification to the plurality of devices via an intermediary device to notify that the device has joined the group communication session.