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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Sudeep Manithara Vamanan, Uttenreuth, DE;
Behrouz Aghili, San Diego, CA (US);
Biljana Badic, Munich, DE;
Haijing Hu, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A Internet of things (IoT) network (PIN) element is configured to receive, from a PIN element management capability (PEMC) device, an announcement comprising a PIN identifier, a list of services available via the PIN and a time limit for responding to the announcement, send, to the PEMC in response to the announcement, a PIN join request comprising one or more services provided by the PIN element and receive, from the PEMC in response to the PIN join request, a PIN join accept message comprising a PIN Element Identifier assigned to the PIN element.