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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2014
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Yael Maguire, Boston, MA (US);
Damian Kowalewski, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Bin Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Wai Davidgeolim Lim, Hong Kong, CN;
Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski, San Francisco, CA (US);
FACEBOOK, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for multi-protocol peer-to-peer connection are described. An apparatus may comprise a discovery component to discover a remote device using a first protocol, and receive discovery information from the remote device, the discovery information including protocol information. The apparatus may comprise an authentication component to authenticate the remote device. The apparatus may comprise a connection component to establish a peer-to-peer connection with the remote device using a second protocol based on the protocol information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.