公开(公告)号：US20130104221A1

公开(公告)日：2013-04-25

申请号：US13708122

申请日：2012-12-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daryl Mun-Kid Low ,  Ronald Keryuan Huang ,  Puneet Mishra ,  Gaurav Jain ,  Jason Gosnell ,  Jeffrey Alan Bush

IPC: H04L29/06

CPC classification number: H04L63/08 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W4/08 ,  H04W8/186 ,  H04W84/18

Abstract: A number of devices co-located at a geographic location can broadcast and receive tokens. Tokens can be exchanged using a communication link having limited communication range. Tokens that are received by a device can be stored locally on the device and/or transmitted to a trusted service operating remotely on a network. In some implementations, the tokens can be stored with corresponding timestamps to assist a trusted service in matching or otherwise correlating the tokens with other tokens provided by other devices. The trusted service can perform an analysis on the tokens and timestamps to identify devices that were co-located at the geographic location at or around a contact time which can be defined by the timestamps. A group can be created based on results of the analysis. Users can be identified as members of the group and invited to join the group.

Abstract translation: 位于地理位置的多个设备可以广播和接收令牌。 可以使用具有有限通信范围的通信链路来交换令牌。 由设备接收的令牌可以本地存储在设备上和/或被发送到在网络上远程操作的受信任的服务。 在一些实现中，令牌可以以对应的时间戳存储，以协助可信服务以匹配或以其他方式将令牌与由其他设备提供的其他令牌相关联。 信任的服务可以对令牌和时间戳进行分析，以识别在时间戳可以定义的联系时间周围或周围地理位置处共处的设备。 可以根据分析结果创建一个组。 用户可以被识别为该组的成员，并被邀请加入该组。

公开(公告)号：US08695078B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-08

申请号：US13708122

申请日：2012-12-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daryl Mun-Kid Low ,  Ronald Keryuan Huang ,  Puneet Mishra ,  Gaurav Jain ,  Jason Gosnell ,  Jeffrey Alan Bush

IPC: H04L29/06

CPC classification number: H04L63/08 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W4/08 ,  H04W8/186 ,  H04W84/18

Abstract: A number of devices co-located at a geographic location can broadcast and receive tokens. Tokens can be exchanged using a communication link having limited communication range. Tokens that are received by a device can be stored locally on the device and/or transmitted to a trusted service operating remotely on a network. In some implementations, the tokens can be stored with corresponding timestamps to assist a trusted service in matching or otherwise correlating the tokens with other tokens provided by other devices. The trusted service can perform an analysis on the tokens and timestamps to identify devices that were co-located at the geographic location at or around a contact time which can be defined by the timestamps. A group can be created based on results of the analysis. Users can be identified as members of the group and invited to join the group.

Abstract translation: 位于地理位置的多个设备可以广播和接收令牌。 可以使用具有有限通信范围的通信链路来交换令牌。 由设备接收的令牌可以本地存储在设备上和/或被发送到在网络上远程操作的受信任的服务。 在一些实现中，令牌可以以对应的时间戳存储，以协助可信服务以匹配或以其他方式将令牌与由其他设备提供的其他令牌相关联。 信任的服务可以对令牌和时间戳进行分析，以识别在时间戳可以定义的联系时间周围或周围地理位置处共处的设备。 可以根据分析结果创建一个组。 用户可以被识别为该组的成员，并被邀请加入该组。

公开(公告)号：US11924898B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-05

申请号：US17567709

申请日：2022-01-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jarkko L. Kneckt ,  Gaurav Jain ,  Yong Liu ,  Jinjing Jiang ,  Tianyu Wu ,  Su Khiong Yong ,  Guoqing Li ,  Charles F. Dominguez

IPC: H04W76/15 ,  H04W12/0471 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W80/02 ,  H04W84/12

CPC classification number: H04W76/15 ,  H04W12/0471 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W80/02 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: Some embodiments include utilizing a multilink media access control (MAC) address structure to support multilink devices (MLDs) that can operate concurrently in more than one link such as extremely high throughput (EHT) access points (APs) and EHT stations (STA), where the multilink MAC address structure is compatible with legacy devices. An EHT AP can utilize a multilink basic service set (BSS) identification (BSSID) MAC address to communicate with an EHT STA identified by a multilink MAC address. Values of the multilink BSSID and the multilink MAC address of the EHT STA are independent of which of the multiple links are used in the communication. In addition, to utilizing a multilink BSSID, the EHT AP can also support unique link-specific MAC addresses to concurrently support legacy and MLD stations. The EHT STA can also utilize unique link-specific MAC addresses that can be different than the EHT AP's link-specific MAC addresses.

公开(公告)号：US11219078B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-04

申请号：US16921276

申请日：2020-07-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jarkko L. Kneckt ,  Gaurav Jain ,  Yong Liu ,  Jinjing Jiang ,  Tianyu Wu ,  Su Khiong Yong ,  Guoqing Li ,  Charles F. Dominguez

IPC: H04W76/15 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W12/0471 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W80/02 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: Some embodiments include utilizing a multilink media access control (MAC) address structure to support multilink devices (MLDs) that can operate concurrently in more than one link such as extremely high throughput (EHT) access points (APs) and EHT stations (STA), where the multilink MAC address structure is compatible with legacy devices. An EHT AP can utilize a multilink basic service set (BSS) identification (BSSID) MAC address to communicate with an EHT STA identified by a multilink MAC address. Values of the multilink BSSID and the multilink MAC address of the EHT STA are independent of which of the multiple links are used in the communication. In addition, to utilizing a multilink BSSID, the EHT AP can also support unique link-specific MAC addresses to concurrently support legacy and MLD stations. The EHT STA can also utilize unique link-specific MAC addresses that can be different than the EHT AP's link-specific MAC addresses.