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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2004
Stephen C. Fenwick, Mountain View, CA (US);
James Woodyatt, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert Newberry, San Jose, CA (US);
Sandeep Parikh, Austin, TX (US);
Stephen C. Fenwick, Mountain View, CA (US);
James Woodyatt, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert Newberry, San Jose, CA (US);
Sandeep Parikh, Austin, TX (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for synchronizing a system clock of a computer via a local gateway are described herein. In one embodiment, a local clock of a gateway device is periodically synchronized with a remote time service facility over an external network. The synchronized local clock of the gateway device is then used to synchronize a system clock of one or more clients over a local network without having the clients individually to access the remote time service facility. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.