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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2010
Applicant:
Graeme J. Devine, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Inventor:
Graeme J. Devine, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/4076 (2013.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); H04L 29/1232 (2013.01); H04L 45/745 (2013.01); H04L 61/2092 (2013.01); H04L 65/4046 (2013.01); H04L 67/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are methods and systems for using unique identifiers to identify systems in collaborative interaction in a mesh network. For example, in at least certain embodiments, upon initiation of a collaborative application each system can broadcast packets that include a unique hash identifier for each system to other systems in the mesh network. Each system then can determine when the system has received packets that include the unique hash identifiers from all systems. Then, each system can sort the unique hash identifiers to identify each system.