Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multifunctional devices as virtual accessories
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Application No.: US14737278Application Date: 2015-06-11
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Publication No.: US10277683B2Publication Date: 2019-04-30
- Inventor: Joe S. Abuan , Barry A. Whitebook , Berkat S. Tung , Jonathan J. Bennett , Graeme J. Devine
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
- Main IPC: H04L12/24
- IPC: H04L12/24 ; H04L29/08 ; H04W4/80 ; H04W4/00 ; H04W4/20 ; H04L12/58 ; A63F13/335 ; A63F13/34

Abstract:
At least certain embodiments of the present disclosure include a framework for turning one or more multifunctional devices coupled to a personal area network (PAN) into virtual accessories of another multifunctional device coupled to the PAN. In one embodiment, connection between a multifunctional device and a PAN is established, where the PAN is further coupled to a set of multifunctional devices. One or more distributed functionalities associated with a multi-device capable application are assigned to each multifunctional device based on relationship between the multifunctional devices. At least part of the multi-device capable application is shared between the multifunctional devices. Using the multifunctional device, the one or more distributed functionalities are performed in collaboration with the other multifunctional devices.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150280986A1 MULTIFUNCTIONAL DEVICES AS VIRTUAL ACCESSORIES Public/Granted day:2015-10-01
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