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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2022
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Charles W Duyk, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hien M Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Huai-Che Lu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Joseph P Saracino, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Quang D Tran, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 12/77 (2021.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/77 (2021.01); H04W 48/08 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A discovery broker may facilitate discovering and connecting devices, such as a sender device and receiver device, in a dense environment and/or a network with segmentation. The sender and receiver devices may be connected via the discovery broker based on a machine-readable image including connectivity information, digital wallet data including the connectivity information, or a domain name system.