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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Joshua Elman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Keith P. Kowalczykowski, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jacqueline Jiang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sunnet A. Owens, Foster City, CA (US);
Justin R. Etzine, San Jose, CA (US);
Adam Y. Syed, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zhehong An, Cupertino, CA (US);
Wan Ling Yih, San Francisco, CA (US);
Philip A. Smith, Davis, CA (US);
Brandon D. Bloom, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, an electronic device detects a first user input corresponding to a request to initiate a joint gaming application session with one or more users other than a user of the first electronic device. In some embodiment, the electronic device facilitates initiation of the joint gaming application session.