- Patent Title: Flexible BTLE TDS frame format for bi-directional service discovery
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Application No.: US15386156Application Date: 2016-12-21
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Publication No.: US10609543B2Publication Date: 2020-03-31
- Inventor: Su Khiong Yong , Christiaan A. Hartman , Anjali S. Sandesara , Lawrie Kurian , Peter N. Heerboth , Guoqing Li , Siegfried Lehmann , Akshay Mangalam Srivatsa , Yong Liu , Michael Jason Giles
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin and Goetzel PC
- Agent Jeffrey C. Hood; Brian E. Moore
- Main IPC: H04W8/00
- IPC: H04W8/00 ; H04W76/14 ; H04W4/80 ; H04W84/12

Abstract:
In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a mechanism for a device to transmit, via a BTLE (or Bluetooth) interface, a first message indicating an operation associated with a Wi-Fi service (e.g., a service available via a Wi-Fi interface and/or Wi-Fi related interface parameters) to a peer device. The first message may include a service hash that indicates the operation. The service hash may be included in a first data structure. The first data structure may indicate availability of the Wi-Fi service. The device may receive a second message from the peer device indicating that the neighboring wireless station intends to subscribe to or provide the Wi-Fi service, e.g., via Wi-Fi peer-to-peer communications.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170164186A1 Flexible BTLE TDS Frame Format for Bi-Directional Service Discovery Public/Granted day:2017-06-08
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