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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Pierre J. De Filippis, San Jose, CA (US);
Nicholas J. Circosta, Mountain View, CA (US);
Daniel B. Pollack, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gobind Johar, San Jose, CA (US);
Justin Wood, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04M 1/72 (2006.01); H04W 4/16 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04W 4/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/72 (2013.01); H04L 51/043 (2013.01); H04L 51/38 (2013.01); H04L 67/2814 (2013.01); H04L 67/2842 (2013.01); H04L 67/2861 (2013.01); H04W 4/16 (2013.01); H04W 4/18 (2013.01); H04W 76/023 (2013.01); H04L 51/14 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Some embodiments relate to a mobile device, such as a smart phone, and associated method for enabling the mobile device to act as a communication proxy for an accessory device, such as a smart watch. The mobile device may be capable of providing proxy communication services for messages received from/provided to the accessory device even when the accessory device has not properly registered for the respective message service.