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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Daniel R. Borges, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lochan Verma, Danville, CA (US);
Su Khiong Yong, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yong Liu, Campbell, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Some aspects of this disclosure are directed to implementing a discovery procedure including one or more of single channel publish phases, multi-channel publish phases, and single channel subscribe phases. For example, a method includes determining, by a publisher device, a first time period for a single channel publish phase and determining, by the publisher device, a second time period for a multi-channel publish phase. The method further includes transmitting, by the publisher device, one or more frames during at least one of the first time period of the single channel publish phase or the second time period of the multi-channel publish phase. The method further includes receiving, by the publisher device, a service specific message from a subscriber device during the at least one of the first time period of the single channel publish phase or the second time period of the multi-channel publish phase.