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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2010
Jeremy Matthew Werner, Burlingame, CA (US);
Philip Smith, Davis, CA (US);
Andrew H. Vyrros, San Francisco, CA (US);
Patrick Gates, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeremy Matthew Werner, Burlingame, CA (US);
Philip Smith, Davis, CA (US);
Andrew H. Vyrros, San Francisco, CA (US);
Patrick Gates, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, method, and machine-readable medium are described for establishing peer-to-peer ('P2P') communication channels. In particular, in one embodiment, a matchmaker service performs a series of operations to service match requests received from a group of mobile devices. In one embodiment, the matchmaker service groups the match requests into matchable sets based on the application for which the requests are received and one or more variables associated with the application. Match requests within each match set can then be matched based on variables such as the NAT type, connection type and language associated with each of the mobile devices. Other variables such as geographical location, experience level, and age of the match requests may also be used to render match decisions.