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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Barket Virani, Mississauga, CA;
Michael Hin Kai Hung, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01); H04L 51/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system are provided for enabling applications on a mobile device to utilize a peer-to-peer platform on the mobile device. The method comprises providing an interface between an application and a peer-to-peer (P2P) platform on the mobile device; obtaining data from the application; using the P2P platform to include the data from the application in a P2P message; and sending the P2P message to another mobile device to enable a complementary application on the other mobile device to utilize the data from the application.