公开(公告)号：US20210006627A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-07

申请号：US17027639

申请日：2020-09-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yan YANG ,  Joe S. ABUAN ,  Thuy PARK ,  Jin Hyung PARK ,  Berkat S. TUNG ,  Pierre J. DE FILIPPIS ,  Nicholas J. CIRCOSTA ,  Daniel B. POLLACK

IPC: H04L29/08 ,  H04W40/12 ,  H04W48/02 ,  H04B7/155 ,  H04W76/10

Abstract: A quick relay communication protocol is used by an initiating communication device (such as a wearable electronic device, e.g., a smart watch) and/or a recipient communication device (such as a companion electronic device to the wearable electronic device, e.g., a smart phone, a tablet computer or a laptop computer) to selectively communicate messages via different communication channels. Based on available connections and a communication constraint associated with a message, a processor executing a program module in an application layer in the initiating communication device provides transmission instructions to an interface circuit in the initiating communication device, which transmits a message to the recipient communication device based on the transmission instructions. When there are currently no available connections and the message is eligible to be communicated through a cloud-based relay server, the processor establishes a cloud-based connection with the recipient communication device via the relay server.

公开(公告)号：US20200382298A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-03

申请号：US16888432

申请日：2020-05-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Andrew J. DALEY ,  Nicholas J. CIRCOSTA ,  Ryan W. BAKER ,  Elliot T. GARNER

IPC: H04L9/30 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04W76/14

Abstract: A device implementing a system for device-relationship based communication includes at least one processor configured to establish, by a first device associated with a first user, a secure communication channel with a second device associated with a second user via a direct wireless connection. The at least one processor is configured to transmit, over the secure communication channel, first device-identifying information to the second device, and receive, over the secure communication channel, second device-identifying information from the second device. The at least one processor is configured to establish a particular type of relationship with the second device, store the second device-identifying information in association with an indication of the particular type of relationship established with the second device, and transmit, to the second device and over the secure communication channel, the indication of the particular type of relationship established with the second device.

公开(公告)号：US20200351747A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-05

申请号：US16862415

申请日：2020-04-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Luciano M. VERGER ,  Ajoy K. SINGH ,  Albert R. HOWARD, JR. ,  Ariane COTTE ,  Christopher M. GARRIDO ,  Faraz FAHEEM ,  Gregory R. BURNS ,  Ian J. BAIRD ,  Imran AHMED ,  Nicholas J. CIRCOSTA ,  Robert D. WATSON ,  Rohan C. MALTHANKAR ,  Ryan A. WILLIAMS ,  Sergey SITNIKOV ,  Srinivasan NIMMALA ,  Thomas Chathoth ABRAHAM ,  Vikram B. YERRABOMMANAHALLI

IPC: H04W36/30 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W76/22 ,  H04W36/36 ,  H04W36/28

Abstract: A device providing inter-device call continuity facilitated by a wireless audio output device may include a processor configured to initiate, over a peer-to-peer connection with a second device, a communication session between the second device and a third device. The processor may be further configured to establish, over the peer-to-peer connection with the second device, an audio link corresponding to the communication session. The processor may be further configured to determine, based at least in part on the audio link, that a connection quality of the peer-to-peer connection satisfies a connection degradation condition. The processor may be further configured to request, over a wide area network connection, for the communication session with the third device to be handed-off from the second device to the first device, and to establish, over the wide area network connection, the communication session with the third device.