NEARBY DEVICE INVITATIONS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES

Organization Name

apple inc.

Inventor(s)

Sasanka T. Vemuri of San Ramon CA (US)

Adam Y. Syed of San Francisco CA (US)

Duy N. Phan of Los Gatos CA (US)

Rahul Sarna of Sunnyvale CA (US)

Shannon Shih of Mountain View CA (US)

Victor Gabriel Maraccini of Santa Clara CA (US)

Justin R. Etzine of San Jose CA (US)

Mario Bravo-fuentes of Campbell CA (US)

Daniel B. Pollack of Cupertino CA (US)

Bryant Liu of San Jose CA (US)

NEARBY DEVICE INVITATIONS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240406222 titled 'NEARBY DEVICE INVITATIONS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES

Original Abstract Submitted

implementations of the subject technology provide systems and methods for providing nearby device invitations for electronic devices. nearby device invitations from a first device can include encrypted invitations configured for trusted contacts, unencrypted invitations provided in response to a user request to invite all nearby devices, and/or a scannable code. the encrypted invitations and/or the unencrypted invitations can be broadcast using a short-range wireless communications protocol that limits the distance, from the broadcasting device, at which the invitations can be received. after providing the nearby device invitation in one or more of these ways, a resulting collaborative session between the first device and a second device can be managed via a server over a network.