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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 07, 2015
Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Jules Switkin, San Mateo, CA (US);

Benjamin Margolin, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04L 12/927 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/141 (2013.01); H04L 43/00 (2013.01); H04L 47/805 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 67/1065 (2013.01); H04L 67/1091 (2013.01); H04L 67/16 (2013.01); H04L 67/322 (2013.01); H04W 4/00 (2013.01); H04W 24/00 (2013.01); H04W 76/023 (2013.01);
Abstract

When attempting to establish a peer-to-peer connection, a computing device can quickly discover compatible devices, which are capable of exchanging content, and remember them. When a neighboring device is discovered during a scan, the computing device can determine whether the neighboring device is capable of sharing content. Once it is determine that the neighboring device can share content, the computing device can determine a history of previous connections with the neighboring device. The computing device can determine a priority for sharing content with neighboring device relative to other devices. The computing device can determine the priority based on the history of the neighboring device and the history of other devices so that the devices with a likelihood of new content receive a higher priority.


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