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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2012
Hassan Lashkari, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Huy B. Le, Milpitas, CA (US);
Daniel R. Borges, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hassan Lashkari, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Huy B. Le, Milpitas, CA (US);
Daniel R. Borges, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates communication with a storage device. During operation, the system provides a physically operated mechanism for enabling detection of the storage device in proximity to a computer system using a discovery protocol. If detection of the storage device using the discovery protocol is enabled, the system uses the physically operated mechanism to establish a wireless peer-to-peer connection between the storage device and the computer system. The system then uses the wireless peer-to-peer connection to transfer a file between the storage device and the computer system.