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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2013
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Rory L. P. McGuire, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Michael Van Milligan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jason Conn, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joshua Graessley, Sr., San Jose, CA (US);
Augustin Prats, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian Tucker, San Jose, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for discovering and/or advertising services are described herein. A first bitmask is received from a remote device over a wireless network, the first bitmask having one or more bits that have a predetermined logical value. Each bit represents a particular service provided by the remote device. A logical operation is performed between the first bitmask and a second bitmask locally generated within a local device, where the second bitmask represents a service being searched by the local device. It is determined whether the remote device is potentially capable of providing the service being searched by the local device based on a result of the logical operation.