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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2014
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Daniel B. Pollack, San Francisco, CA (US);
Pierre Jonathan De Filippis, San Jose, CA (US);
Hyeonkuk Jeong, Saratoga, CA (US);
Berkat S. Tung, San Jose, CA (US);
Yan Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Gobind Johar, San Jose, CA (US);
Justin Wood, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Roberto Garcia, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Gokul Thirumalai, Mountain View, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A unified message delivery between multiple devices is disclosed. Sending messages through a local communications link, such as but not limited to at least one of a Bluetooth connection and a peer-to-peer WiFi connection, can lead to faster transmission times and reduced server load. When the local communications link is unavailable or not suitable, the messages can be sent through a network and a push server. In some examples, messages can be sent through both the local communications link and through the network and the push server. Duplicates of a received message can be avoided by utilizing indicators. In some examples, one or more devices can include queue(s) to ensure ordered delivery of a plurality of messages when a local communications link and network connection become unavailable.