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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2008
Gloria Lin, San Ramon, CA (US);
Amir Mahmood Mikhak, Cambridge, MA (US);
Taido Lantz Nakajima, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sean Anthony Mayo, Dover, NH (US);
Michael Rosenblatt, Campbell, CA (US);
Gloria Lin, San Ramon, CA (US);
Amir Mahmood Mikhak, Cambridge, MA (US);
Taido Lantz Nakajima, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sean Anthony Mayo, Dover, NH (US);
Michael Rosenblatt, Campbell, CA (US);
Apple Inc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system is disclosed for allowing the sharing of one or more system resources between multiple devices. In one embodiment, a requesting device transmits a resource access request to a target device using a near-field communication (NFC) protocol. The target device responds by using the NFC connection to return a listing of resources available for sharing to the requesting device. The requesting device may select one or more of the available resources and establish an appropriate connection to access the selected resource or resources. In one embodiment, the requesting device may lack external network connectivity capabilities while the target device includes wi-fi connectivity as a shared resource. Accordingly, the requesting device may access external network of the target device via the target as a conduit.